Thanks to Penguin First Reads for an ARC. 
 Sadly, this wasn't a hit for me. 
 I feel confidant, however, that it wasn't due to the skill of the writer. 
 I'm not overly fond of science fiction in general. However, I was hoping that this would be one of the books that could change my mind and the synopsis made me think that it would! It didn't do that for me, however - I just couldn't care at all about any of the characters or the situations. Because I could not even bring myself to care about anything happening, I found the book to be a slog to get through.