If I didn't have a compulsion to finish books I start, I would have bailed on this one. Okay, it wasn't the worst book ever, but it was uninspired and mediocre. You know how they say not to judge a book by its cover? They're not kidding, because I assumed (foolishly) that since Ensign Ro was on the cover, she would feature prominently in the novel's main action. Wrong! She was relegated to entertaining a teen boy with a crush on her. Disappointed!