3.5 stars.

Entertaining and enjoyable, but not one to blow you away. There was a lot to like in this book, but there was also a lot of convenience plot that took away from the good parts. I really enjoyed the first half of the book and the intrigue level was pretty high. The plot was clever and moved at a good clip. Lucky is a great character and has some great introspection that I think makes her interesting.

But around the halfway mark, the flow slowed down and it felt like the plot stalled out a little bit. From that point, things went a little off the rails. It became a little too convenient and logic got thrown a bit out of the window. Lucky's actions and decisions didn't gel with who she had been earlier in the story and the people around her just turned into predictable shells. It was still good to read, but there were moments where I was rolling my eyes and moments of "WHAT?" because Lucky's choices just didn't make sense.

The ending was solid, but again too convenient. The pace suddenly picked up incredibly fast and there was a lot of the story that was just all too tidily tied up. Yes, there were no loose ends left hanging, but it just didn't feel realistic and that bothered me...a lot.

There was such promise in this book and I really was enjoying the writing and the tale. I'm bummed that it didn't carry through from beginning to end. Instead of being awesome like it truly had the potential for, it simply landed in the okay pile for me in the end.