It's a book. I don't have strong feeling either way, read it between lessons at work and I didn't actively hate it. I think this book had enough going on to fight off middle book syndrome but that didn't stop it from being boring and slow in some areas. Didn't really pick it up much until I had no other option because I was at work and I made myself bring it to read. Also, the author made skiing boring. I don't know how you do that, but I'm not sure if it was bad scene writing or if she's never skiied before.