Review: A Good Base for the Future Of The Series
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 20, 2013
I must be different than most people since this has so many 5 Star ratings.  It was a good base and world building exercise but the romance was almost nonexistent and the action was about the same except for Riley who gets almost ALL of the action scenes .The fact that everybody in this story seemed so weak at all times and apparently the author wanted to walk some line between violent and nonviolent it came out weak and confusing.  The "good guys" got kicked around as much as any "bad guys" and there was justice for  ....nobody except some "someday in the future" type mumblings for Anson.Nobody gets killed (even several that richly deserve it) of the 4 main characters, 2 of them spend most of the book sick and weak, Nick was pretty 2 dimensional and Riley would kick a$$ for a bit them collapse.The hook for the next book about Marley was the best plot of the whole book and it was in the last 5 pages.All things considered I found this book to be a frustrating exercise for the time I spent reading it but I might grab the next book to see what happens and see if it gets better but the lack of almost any type of justice makes me wonder if I will bother.  It could have been really good.3 Stars and maybe a half for what it could have been in the hands of a better writer.