I really wanted to like this book going into it, but although I soldiered on through, it fell super flat in the end.

There is a lot of monologue in this, you are in the characters heads more than following any action and for me, it made the story drag, especially when some of the monologues felt repetitive after a while.
The repetitiveness isn't helped by the fact:
1. The characters feel like throwing up every chapter pretty much.
2. The main characters get hit over the head, punched in the gut, slapped or faint, every second chapter.
I think this book would have been helped by a severe structural edit, a close line edit, etc. (On top of pacing issues, there were so many clunky sentences, incorrect punctuation and grammar mistakes).
I'll touch on the characters briefly:
I think my review is telltale when I say my only liked characters, were: a Horse, a Blacksmith and a character that didn't appear until near the very end.
I assume Violet isn't meant to be a character you dislike...but she really wasn't likeable. If you look at her reasoning for everything it's very self-focused.
Obed was really lovable in the beginning and when he gave Violet a reality check, but he seemed a token lover boi, despite Violets cold attitude, and then kind of lost his unique spark after the 50% mark.
The ending was very lacklustre, as the author threw in almost a final chapter conflict that didn't make sense and really just hammered the nail into the coffin of disliking Violet. I wasn't cheering them on in Chapter 30 at all.
There are a few Biblical things that didn't sit right either but ultimately you get enough of an idea from the rest of my review, if you care. 😅