1.5 
 I'm going to be honest, if Nenia hadn't written this, I probably wouldn't have finished it. Although I am glad I did because, for the most part, I liked the ending. 
 This book felt so. Long. 
 Things kept happening and the logic behind them did not make any sense to me. Most notably, Richardson and the IMA's insistence that Christina was all Stockholmed and protecting Michael. Like. Oh. I don't know. Most of their evidence was to the contrary and the entire "BLAME MICHAEL FOR EVERYTHING" felt contrived. I didn't buy the IMA turning on him so completely because I didn't buy their reasoning for it. 
 THEN THERE'S THE WOMEN. 
 There are the whores, and there is Christina. Seriously, that's it. Besides A - who only gets a pass from Christina because she tried to save her - all of the women are pitted against each other. A against B, Christina against Shannon. They aren't allowed to like each other at all, Christina is clearly an obstacle to Shannon's ability to be with Michael - because the only possible reason a man doesn't want to sleep with you is because he wants to sleep with the other chick. (Okay, in this instance, it's true, but the automatic "YOU DON'T WANT ME BECAUSE YOU WANT HER" bullshit just pisses me off and isn't necessary even when it's true). 
 Oh. And everything's Christina's fault. It's Christina's fault that Michael gets turned on by her. It's her fault he wants to have sex with her - with or without her explicit consent. It's her fault he coerces her. It's her fault he's slipping. It's her fault he's not focused on his job. It's her fault he's growing a conscience. 
 FOR FUCK'S SAKE MAN, TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ACTIONS! 
 Ugh. 
 the half star is for the ending. which, like I said, I liked.