More like 3.5 stars. I usually round up, but giving this 4 stars would have been too many stars. It's not that I didn't like the story; maybe it's that I pretty much figured it out before I got even half-way through. Maybe it's because the writing REALLY threw me off. Maybe it's because, half the time, I wanted to punch Todd, too. I just didn't connect with the characters as much as I wanted to, (view spoiler)[and he killed off the dog. Dammit, why do they always have to do that? I mean, kill the main character, but not the dog! (hide spoiler)] and I grew a little bored with the running and running and running... 
 I will most likely continue the series, if only to find out what happens to Viola. I could appreciate her character the most, since she's kind of a badass.