There's some good stuff here including a main character with a lot of confidence. The beginning is pretty punchy and I was excited when Buck got a job interview through his powers of persuasion on a coffee order. From there, I felt like things lost steam. There was a lot of action, but I didn't feel in it. I was pleased to keep reading, but I didn't feel the connection to the characters much any more. I liked the story arc and how things wrapped up, but other than one twist, I never got as excited as I did in the early chapters.