I had a hard time getting into this story. It is slow to start and the characters are somewhat flat. If I were reading it I would have skimmed and possibly not finished it. However the Narrators were so Fantastic in bringing the story and characters to life that I kept listening – and I am glad I did. Overall it ended up being a good story. I love the reversal of light being bad and dark being good. I would definitely give book 2 a chance.