Another unfortunate DNF for the year. And this was on my highly anticipated list. I think what really put me off was the very start, and the strange insult from Sadie to her former friend. Had it really been necessary? I felt like it wasn't and it pretty much was just thrown in there to try and make this "controversial" but only ended up being eye-rolling. 
 I also found the added fantastical elements to Miles (visions or whatever) were a little over-done for the already potentially good contemporary piece as it stood. I get it... people can be psychic in our world and that sort of thing, but there's also a lot of skepticism as well behind this sort of thing so it still makes it a hard subject area to work with. 
 I really wanted to like this and continue on through the story, but the characters made that a bit difficult--causing me to have a hard time keeping focused as I kept internally criticizing nearly every page before I even reached twenty percent into my e-copy. 
 One thing I can say though, the writing/detail is absolutely stunning and I would not object to picking up this author's work more in the future. Just because I DNF this title, doesn't mean I wouldn't love something else! :)