Ok, first off, I got this ARC for free in a blog giveaway (yay, free books!). I mostly enjoyed it, and this is definitely more of a 3.5 than 3 star book for me. 
 My main problems were the lack of real action for most of the book, and the focus on the romance between Dol and Lucas (it wasn't even remotely believable, tbh). I also didn't really care much for the main character, and the world never felt very real to me, or particularly dystopian or sci-fi. *shrugs* 
 That being said, there were parts of the books I liked. I enjoyed the Embassy reports in between each chapter. I really liked Tima, Fortis, and Doc and wished there were more of them. I thought the idea was good (with the aliens and whatnot), but just wish we had actually gotten more in depth information about it. 
 Basically, I liked it, but didn't love it, and I'll likely continue with the series, though I won't necessarily be eagerly anticipating it.