I listened to the audio version of this book - perhaps it would have been more engrossing if I had read it but I doubt it. The "reader" sounded like she was bordering on laryngitis, which was annoying enough, but her reading was bland and devoid of any emotion.The story itself had promise but I found the writing to be uninspired and the diagolue weak. It was also lacking in depth and I found it hard to care about any of the characters. I literally had to force myself to finish listening to it.