I found this book to be rather uninteresting and flat. The male lead had a wretched childhood and that comes through somewhat but he just seems weak and boring after all he's been through. The female lead could be fantastic but her character hasn't been developed well and while we are told she is strong-willed, her actions don't reflect it. They're both just blah. I couldn't make myself care about these characters. I started skipping paragraphs and pages about half-way through. I was bored. At no point was it even slightly riveting. And to be honest, I didn't finish it. Didn't even read the epilogue, if there was one.