I really tried to like this book. War, Aliens, Magic (thelemity); it seems to have all the makings of a good story. But for the life of me, I could not get invested.

I found it to be a sluggish read. The interconnecting, overlapping storylines were a nice approach. But left me with questions and a bit of whiplash from the changing points of view.

I really, really wanted to like this one, but unfortunately could not finish it - it felt like too many storylines doing too many things and I'm not sure why, but none of them were grabbing me and holding my interest. I wasn't spurred into picking up the book again and again and that's what I want in a novel.

This book seemed right up my alley, but I just could not get into it.