This wasn't terrible, but it also was not good. The pacing felt super off and I'm not sure if it's just because I read it in two parts due to listening to the audiobook, or if it was something else. For me, the first half was really slow but kept me really engaged because it was interesting, but the second half was really fast paced and boring because it was so predictable. It all just felt very off. I am not a fan of the male love interest and found the entirety of the plot (our government is actually bad, who knew?) to be superrr predictably boring. 

The characters were not well developed or well crafted. The audio book was really good because it was a full cast of characters which is always more fun.