Semi-spoilerish. The book had potential, the kidnapping/sex-slave plot could've been interesting but it seems the author just used it to give the book a semi-serious tone. Farren is your typical alpha male who is both attractive and skilled at every thing known to man, not much depth to the guy. Essa was disappointing. Her internal monologue was mostly her swooning over Farren's body. Get it together, woman. The way their relationship progressed seemed forced. Do you become close with a travel companion? Sure, that I can understand. The fact that you can make date-like stops (the balcony scene!) while searching for your missing best friend is out of the norm. I'm all for suspending belief when it comes to novels but I wasn't tempted to do so for this book. I don't plan on reading the second installment, the first book didn't hook me, I doubt the second will redeem the (thankfully short) series.