2.75/5?? I wanted to like this book a lot more than I did. The prologue of this book was written so beautifully, and it set me up to fall in love with this story. Unfortunately, the writing style changed completely. I had a hard time sitting and devouring this book. I just couldn't stay engaged with it for multiple reasons.

The characters lacked development and so did the entire plot. Juliette was very annoying and childish for a 19-year-old. She lacked depth and her actions were so predictable. Roma was a little more interesting than Juliette and reading from his POV is the only thing that saved this book. I found that I enjoyed his part's most because of Marshall and Benedikt. I admired his loyalty, but it truly was his fatal flaw. Kathleen also had the more interesting POV to read from, but I'm still confused about the relevance about her actually being Celia? I think she could've kicked Juliette's ass even though Juliette was made out to be this big badass. Rosalind was difficult to understand. Where did all of her sudden anger come from? It was highly suspicious and leads me to believe that she is the traitor. Paul was a very unlikely villain. I still don't believe that he was the mastermind behind the monster. Louren's reminded me of Dr. Nefario from Despicable Me and he was the only character I actually loved.

The monster was also something that I just didn't find interesting at all. A monster that causes a madness by infecting your brain material with an insect? Yeah, that image the descriptions created in my mind were disgusting, but it was just not interesting. It was very anti-climactic when Juliette finally killed the monster.

I just didn't enjoy this book. It was bland and boring, but I'll probably read the sequel if I'm being honest. I do want to find out who the traitor is and how Benedikt comes back into the picture.