So, the story had a lot of promise, but I found myself not overly excited about this book at the end of the day.

What I liked:

1. The premise. I'm a sucker for a superhero book. This one throws in corrupt governments and organized crime, so I was really intrigued with the beginning of this story.

What I didn't like:

1. Pacing. I ended up really bored in the middle of this book. I'm not sure why it wasn't keeping my attention, but it felt like it dragged for awhile. And to be honest, as I look back on it I realize that nothing much really happens in this book. It was described as X-Men meets Ocean's Eleven, which I get. The main character belongs to a group of people who superpowers who pull off heists. But I was really missing the fun that that comparison evokes.

2. Too many characters. I felt like I didn't know any of the characters that well, perhaps with the exception of Ciere. Even Daniel, whose perspective we also get, ended the book as an unknown for me. Also, there were just too many different characters splitting the focus of this book. Someone would pop up in the beginning and then again later on and I would have to figure out who it was.

3. Insta-love(ish). Now, these two characters don't actually share any words of love or physical intimacy, but Ciere's relationship with

Alan

goes from meeting to her thinking twitterpated thoughts about him in about five minutes. I didn't feel the connection between them and didn't actually feel like I knew either of their characters very well.

4. The end. I felt like the end was really anti-climactic. I just didn't get the feeling I was hoping for in a action-y, superhero heist-y book.

Other odds and ends:

I listened to this on audio. There were two narrators. The female voice actor was fine, except I thought her accents were a bit rough. The male voice actor has a voice that just grates on my nerves. I'm not sure what it is. I've listened to several of his prior books (he narrates the Miss Peregrine's series) and never liked him. This was no exception. He is terrible at accents and all his characters sound pretty much the same. And again, there is something about the tone of his voice that just rubs me the wrong way.

At the end of the day I didn't connect to this story like I wanted to, which is a bummer because it seems like it would be something right up my alley. I don't really have any interest in continuing with the story, which is too bad because absolutely nothing is resolved in this first installment.