3.5 stars.

This was a bit of a weird book for me. I loved the cast, but the events of the story unfold so slowly! It legitimately took me until 75% of this book to fully get into it, the events happening and the story moving forward. I also have to mention here that the events that do take place are fairly simple and unsophisticated. I was expecting so many more complicated things to happen or consequences to the action but they never arose.
On the bright side, the cast was great. Ren is awesome, Darek, Markus, Riko, and Kellen are charming.
I also liked the queer relations contained within, even if I thought the romance as a whole was foreshadowed too much.
I think this book has promise, and I hope the second book leaves off where this one finishes, and provides more action, which I do think it needs.