I received a free copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The plot sounded promising and I found that the idea behind the novel was good, but the execution left something to be desired.

The way that the protagonist, Jake, spoke did not seem authentic to his age or situation. It felt more like someone, an older person, was speaking the way that they thought seventeen year old boys talked rather than how they really do. It was just off enough to make the reading feel weird.

I also found it hard to relate to the characters, or at least feel somewhat connected to them enough that I would want to find out more about them.

The way that these characters were written made them feel like extremes of a truth. They came off like caricatures of real people and that detracted from the message that the author seems to have intended.

Combined with the writing style as mentioned above, along with the less than stellar character portrayal, I found myself dragging through this book and not enjoying it much at all.