I bought this book to listen to on a flight from the East coast to Hawaii. We were going to be traveling all day so I wanted a longer book (series). I love this genre and have listened to many books and series. I love Kevin Pierce as a narrator and he is the only reason I lasted as long with this series. As far as the writing and storyline, this was a VERY PAINFUL book to listen to. I made it through the entire 1st book, skipped through a lot of the 2nd book and lasted about 2 minutes of the last book. The storyline although outrageous and unbelievable is is so predictable that it is not enjoyable in the least. Thankfully it was on sale and I only wasted $12 and I had an old book I could re-listen to for the rest of the trip.