pamela
I had planned on reading every piece of lore written about the Mass Effect universe to completion this time around, but man, I had to DNF this steaming mess a little over the halfway mark. It's sloppily written, with no care given to the lore at all - Dietz obviously did no research into the Mass Effect universe, and it really shows. Not only was no care taken in representing things that had been established in-game, but it wasn't even consistent with the previous books! It even manages to undo diverse representation, which is a feat in and of itself.
Add to all of that the fact that it just didn't really enhance the story in any way, and it became a book that was just impossible to finish. Given that it will have no appeal to Mass Effect fans, so doesn't work as a video game tie-in, and isn't particularly well-written or engaging, I just can't see who the audience is for Mass Effect: Deception. No one should read this book.
