I liked meeting the characters and the first half of the book and then all of a sudden it went down hill. It felt forced and the flow of the story changed. I can't really put it into words, it was like the characters became less. 
I felt like the pacing changed again near the end, it felt rushed and shallow. There was no depth. 

A bummer because after 25% I thought I was going to have to checkout the authors other series.