We chose the book as our October read and found it difficult to finish. We have a club of 10 and only 2 finished and discussed it. It was poorly written. The beginning throws in so many characters that you find it hard to draw connections between them and what the purpose of such a back story was. During the climatic part of the book, only about 5 characters remain important to the story. The end is equally disappointing as you are left wondering what happens to the characters. It almost seems as though the writer was in a hurry to finish the book and left it hinging on hope for a second installment. At the rate this book developed, I doubt I would be reading a second part to it.