Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: downhill slide

As others have noted, to me, the number 1 problem is that there is too much explanation going on. It bogs down the story and makes it oh so boring. It felt like pages and pages and pages went by that, in realtime, was a nanosecond of inner monologue as she explained, gave commentary, hedged back and forth, then came back to real time. None of which really was necessary for the story or character building or of general interest.Second major problem is that it bears just too much resemblance to the LKH Anita Blake series. Granted, you can tell she is giving it her own spin here and there, but the bare bones of the theme are just too close and invites unfavorable comparison (whether you liked the AB series or hated it.)Having nothing to read, I stuck it out but just had to quit by the third book, it was just progressively too awful.