YES!!! I agree with everything; this was addictive, awesome world building, slow, flawed, OTT, but, but , BUT I loved every second of it! OMG Pete and Striker!! PeteWasMyFavoriteCosHeWasLikeAGodRight?
He was! Haha. I loooved Pete. I ended up buying the ebook copy of book 2 right after instead of waiting for my paperback copy. But...I am having very mixed emotions about it. Are you going to start book 2 soon? I'd really like someone to vent to, if you do. :( But I can't stop myself from continuing on, so that's something.