2.5 stars -- I'm beginning to wonder if I'm just not in the right frame of mind for reading certain books. It seems like I haven't been enjoying some highly recommended books lately, and that's unusual for me...I'm pretty easy to please. Makes me fear re-reading books I loved in case I find all sorts of flaws...*sigh*

I just couldn't get into this one. I don't know if I just have too much going on right now, but I felt like I had to more make myself finish this one instead of being glued to it. But why? I liked the characters, but I guess I wasn't wowed by them...it almost felt like certain things went too fast in the plot for me to truly get wrapped up in them, or that I couldn't get a good feel on the characters. Then a lot of the plot was spent analyzing...which usually doesn't bother me, but it felt a bit repetitive. And the bad guys were really bad, but I was left with too many questions at the end...I find I need a few of the mysteries solved so I can see where the author is going to go, and a few remaining to ensure I follow through with the next books in the series...and I was just left confused and unfulfilled in the end. And maybe I'm not in the right mood for a book where everything to do with God and Heaven and Angels seems to be so....wrong....and bad...and evil. I'm sure there are explanations coming in the next books, but I was just so turned off that I won't go for the next one. :( I'm sad now. I hate not seeing what other people see.