Upon more thought, I realized that I don't really want to come back to this series. I'll stick with BDB and just be happy there. 
 Take 2 : Dec. 2014 - on a quest for BDB crossover tidbits while waiting for The Shadows to come out. 
 Okay, this wasn't bad as I'd been expecting. I'm not sure why I didn't get into the book before. It might very well be that I wouldn't have cared for Covet as much if I wasn't already invested in BDB (for a series trying to stick closer to UF than its original PNR counterpart, this wasn't much of a standout for the genre itself) because half of what kept me interested were the glimpses of Butch, Phury, and the ample amount of Trez time. BUT...the book was readable and I'm okay with moving on to book 2. Crossovers can be fun for that reason alone.