This was the longest 272 pages I have read in a long time. How did this woman write such a boring book? I think I can see how it probably wasn't meant to be boring, but it sure was for me. Fully agree with all the other reviewers that there were too many characters and too hard to keep who was who straight. I know it's a debut book but I'd have to really know any future book is better than this to waste time on this author again.