Houses of the Blooded or How to Make Enemies and be Manipulated

I've been reading this game, and I have to say, the setting and fluff text alone make me cringe. The Ven make so little sense. They're a weird society with lots of rules, no armies, cowed peasantry, revenge, and romance. You play doomed anti-heroes with a strong 'drow' vibe. I honestly can't see where the fun starts in this game. Its just trying to find a road to fail, and I don't know if I really want to find it.

Turned off by the first paragraph of the book, but maybe, somehow, I'll find a way to like this game. Reading the book; will add more commentary once I figure out how the hell it plays.