While parts of this book are engaging, I'm afraid the most interesting aspect to it is the author's name. The writing and characters and storyline are all adequate, but there's not much depth. I'm fairly sure that was purposeful, but a side-effect is that no aspect of the book is engaging enough to make you feel with the story or even really drive you to keep going. It sat by the bathtub for the duration of time it took me to read it, and it never occurred to me to curl up with it under a lamp to finish or even read the next chapter. Essentially, there just isn't enough here from the author for a discerning or wide-reading reader. ( )