This book took me ages to get thru, not because it was a bad novel. It was rather good, in fact. It was because I was reading a digital copy of the novel, and I rarely read on my phone. I stare at a screen all day at the office, so the last thing I generally want to do is to stare at one to read, so I ended up switching the the audible edition of the novel. Once I'd done that, I was able to really get into this novel. I think I would definitely like to read the other books in the series, but I will definitely be doing audio or print editions.