sweet jesus I hated this book. I felt compelled to read it because my first boss recommended, and bought me a copy of it, so I didn't think I could give up on it like I wanted to. When he asked me how I liked it, I lied and said "it wasn't bad" and he took that as an indication that I liked it, and bought me the second book in the series. I suffered through that one as well, and then told him, "i'm fine where this story ended. I don't think I need to know what else happens." which got him to stop buying me books. Clearly, this was his favorite series and he's a book pusher.