Given up at almost exactly 50%

I think this will not only be my first - but also my last Lawhead...
The writing style is at fault to 60% of my dislike. It read way too easy. Like the essay of a 14 year old, not like a published novel. The only other books I had a problem like this with was "50 shades" and books by the German author duo "Iny Lorentz". I am not a book snob. I openly admit to liking twilight and some chick lit. But this just felt forced to me.

I couldn't really click well with any of the characters. I didn't dislike them - but I also didn't care for them. I was simply uninterested in what would happen to them next.

Another BIG problem for me personally was the feels. Oh the feels in her poor tender heart! *rolls eyes* I just can't stand whiny emotional types in my fantasy/historical fiction. It is ok in YA books - but in adult books it makes me want to strangle them, and tell them to suck it up and get on with their lives like other grown-ups... I am EXTREMELY sensitive to that, so it might not deter other readers at all. But for me it was the last nail hammered into the coffin of this book.