The beginning of the book is okay at best. Lots of teen drama and bullying, which had me stop the book and remove it from audible three times. Even on the last listen I stopped at least twice and listened to other books before coming back to this one. My son said it got better, so I kept at it. Once I made it past that part of the book, it did get better. I am still not happy with the direction of the book, but I have several more books in the series to go.