I was really enjoying this book right up until the end. 
 I felt so much sympathy for Ven as we read through, about how inhuman she feels, and how disposable she is to the people who control her fate. 
 The premise was interesting, and despite a few plot holes and areas where I had to really stretch myself to maintain a level of believability, I liked it. 
 I especially loved Linc, and there is one scene where she realizes that he would die for her, not knowing that she was supposed to die either way, and that he would be wasting his life if that happened. It was truly heartbreaking and touching. 
 I'd read the Amazon reviews prior to finishing and they seemed way off base. SO many people called this a short read, or a serial, and I kept looking at my kindle thinking "no way, this is an average sized book." 
 And then the book abruptly stopped at 94%, with no conclusion what so over. I knew going into the read that it was a part of a series, but for a series I still expect some level of resolution or satisfaction at the end, and there is none. I don't even mind cliffhangers, and being drawn into a series. But this doesn't do that, the book just literally stops. 
 Length wise, it is still a decent sized story, but that doesn't change the fact that it is still incomplete.