I was enjoying the book up until about midway through when the author hit the breaks and the book came to a screeching halt. I read a lot and rarely have I ever put a book down, but I had to with this one. I might pic it up again later, but it got to the point that it was agonizing to try and plow through the slop at the midway point in this book. It might not have been so bad if the characters had some kind of personality and the author didn't go on and on and on about a scheme to trick one of the Scorpian clan's main rivals.