Originally, the premise behind this book was what drew me in. However, overall, I just couldn't get into it. For the first half, the book was well done. It gave the characters a good introduction with just a touch of religion. It gave me hope that the rest of the book would be as good. Unfortunately, it seems to pretty much go off the rails after that. The plot just felt overtaken by the religious side of things and the writing just seemed to drop in quality overall. It sucks that something that started out strong became so weak after the character's were introduced. I wanted to like this book so much more than I wound up liking it. I could definitely see the promise in the plot, the characters, and the writing but it just went flat.