Typically, when I can get about halfway through a book, I'll rarely DNF it. Especially when halfway is something like 300 pages in.

But this? No. Just...no.

I read a lot of people who say this started out strong. I beg to differ. It started out cliched, and then was slightly better, until it got dumb, then dumber, and then doubled down on that dumb.

For me, there's far too many dream sequences...sorry, they are, as far as I'm concerned, a waste of time, yet Wellington jams two or three into an already overlong novel.

There's also a lot of explanation, of drawn out examples when a quick "explain and move on" would have worked so much better.

The three main characters are cookie cutter to the extreme. The disgraced cop, looking to salvage her reputation. The disgraced pilot, looking to salvage his reputation. The disgraced doctor, who needs to heal himself first. 

The snarky, foul-mouthed AI robot was likely the best character there, but Wellington even managed to mess that up to.

I'm really bummed, because dammit, I used to LOVE David Wellington. His zombie series was all right, as was his werewolf series, but his vampire series was amazing.

But this? This is just all sorts of disappointment. DNF at 47%. No rating.