I usually reserve one-star ratings for books I don't finish. In this case, I only finished it because I had nothing else available at the time. The writing is poor at best (I seriously am confused how a publishing house editor let this through), and the characters alternate between bland and store-bought cliche. There was nothing unexpected in the plot except how the author managed to push it forward without any obvious motivation within the characters. I feel horribly mean as I write this, but . . . honestly, I think I'd have made a better decision had I chosen to stare at the wall rather than read the one book I had.