This book is just .... almost. Almost amazing, almost engrossing, almost perfect. But it doesn't quite make it. I found it to be slow in places, which is a surprise considering it has the PERFECT synopsis for me. I can't quite place what was wrong with it, maybe it was the unnecessary love triangle or the flip flopping of the characters decision (looking at you Slate), but I couldn't quite fly with all of it. I don't know if I will read the sequel as everything I was interested in was covered in shallow detail in this book or resolved by the end. I will say it's more of a 3.5 than a 3, but it's not what I expected or wanted when I heard about it.