My interest trailed off in the middle of the book
581429
I started out really interested in this book. I got 2/3 of the way through and started to lose interest a bit. I put it down and just honestly never picked it back up. If I'd had some uninterrupted time, I might have gone ahead and completed the book. But I was busy, and it just didn't call to me to come back. My interest stalled when the focus moved to England for one of the story lines.

It's not a bad book, it just didn't move things along quite as much as I wanted it to. I might eventually finish it, but I have so many other books pressing for my time, I may not. If a book doesn't have me wondering what's going to happen next, make me love the characters so much that I can't bear to leave them, it's time to move on.
3254157
I really wanted to love this book but it just could not catch my interest.  Stopped reading it half way.
3183112
While reading the first half of this book I felt like I was just skimming over a surface, never being drawn below to any substance. The second half did pick up, but the only strong relationship was between Maddie and Aunt Fiona. All other relationships were too undeveloped for much interest.

Also, I found the overuse of designer vernacular to be a bit irritating.
3456612
I heard about this book on NPR and it intrigued me.  The premise and the fact that is was the author's first novel was appealing.  It started off commanding my complete attention but midway I lost interest.  Of course this is just me and other readers may have longer attention spans.  I did appreciate the way each character is presented.
3525197
This wasn't a terrible read but I found myself wanting it to end by the halfway mark. I skimmed most of the last half but I'm glad there was HEA. It's not a book I would recommend either.
250946
This story picked up toward the middle of the book.  Then I did want to read and see how it ended.  Some of the characters were developed .  Main character was not that interesting.
496
Sorry, I just didn't care for it.  The first half of the book could have been skipped.  In fact, I got to the point where I skimmed pages just to move on, with the hope that the book would finally get to the purported topic and become interesting.  I considered moving on to another book without finishing this one and I always finish books.  When the author finally started writing about the actual topic of the book, it started out to be somewhat interesting, but the characters became unsympathetic and self-absorbed.  Not my cup of tea.
4932605
I wanted to give this book more stars as the beginning captured my attention and held. But after midway through, it became a bit boring  and drawn out and then ended without any type of definitive resolution and certainly not enough to interest me in reading the next book in the series.
4161994
It started as an interesting romance. I got 30% of the way and realized I don't know the central conflict. There were boys going after girls best friends and groups of friends fooling around. It lost me.
It was ok to read, but when it was done, I didn't get the focus.
2535414
At first it seemed racy, loved the narrative, but slowly I started to lose interest and finished just for the sake of finishing it.
2563332
This was a so-so read for me. The beginning was interesting enough that I kept going but by the middle of the book I was already losing interest. However, I did push through and finish it. The storyline itself had potential to be great. Unfortunately it fell flat about halfway through. I don't know about everyone else but if I'm reading about centuries old, kick-ass angel guardians, I don't want them to talk like fifteen year old boys. (dude, bro, I got your back...etc) The way the guardians acted (goofing off most of the time like kids) and talked really got on my nerves. And then there was Emma. I think she accepted everything way too fast. It was like it didn't even bother her to learn that angels and evil creatures existed. There was also many mistakes throughout the book, but that didn't bother me as much as the other things did. Overall, it was an okay read that other, younger readers  (I'm in my thirties) may enjoy. I, however will not continue this series despite the fact that I have already purchased the other 3 books. I just don't think I can force myself to read something I've already lost interest in.
1636277
I lost interest in the middle. It was a little bit boring. I was expecting exciting, this was not.
728724
I really liked this book at the beginning.  The world was very interesting.  I liked seeing the changes in the world due to people suddenly being able to use magic in the mid-1800s.  The quotes from historical figures heading the chapters were really fun.

The characters were interesting as well, though calling the lead character a "Private Eye", when we never actually see him doing any private investigation was a bit of a stretch for me.  If you're going to make that such an big part of how the character sees themselves, it needs to occupy an equally big part of the story, and in this case, it didn't.

Despite the excitement of the beginning of the book, by the middle of the book my enthusiasm had waned.  I'm not really sure why.  Perhaps it was too many reactionary action scenes in a row.  I prefer books where the characters are choosing their actions, instead of having outside forces driving them.  The level of detail in the gun descriptions got a bit old as well, as I really don't know that much about guns, or have much interest in them.  I think I'd also learned all the big pieces of each character, with no other mysteries to learn. Almost all the characters were also firmly set in stone - no character growth there.  The one character that was changing, it felt less like character growth, and, once again a character having decisions made for them, not organic changes.

Regardless of the reason, my attention drifted and I skimmed to the end of the book.  I really didn't care for the ending.  It just didn't work for me.

This book will probably be a huge hit for plenty of other people - there was some good stuff in there. There was just too much that didn't work for me.
3735404
Found it Hard to stay interested,main character annoyed me
1454128
There are some good characters in the book but I struggled through the middle,  just seemed to go on a bit long without captivating me.
17573
This book started out great but then became so long winded I felt bored and just skimmed the entire second half of the book. Not sure if I will continue the series
1510585
Stopped halfway. Just didn't work for me - seemed a bit shallow / dragging.