This is going to have to be a DNF for me. At least for now.

While the plot direction and the idea of a alternate colonized islands of the Caribbean both had me filled with intrigue and excitement, and my curiosity for where the story was going is still here, it wasn't enough to make up for other areas for me.

Overall, my major problem with this book was the writing, and that is something so difficult to try and barrel through. The majority of this story is nothing but pages upon pages of insistent and unnecessary info-dump, accented by repetition and a woah-is-me 1st person narrative. I just couldn't get over it, guys, it was driving me nuts. Which sucks, because I think I would really love this book if it had been written...differently.