Some books I read as a way to pass time in between other things. Some books I pick up and find myself unable to put back down. Anhedonia fell into the second category. Let me lead by saying that this is not my usual book genre. I stick mostly to fantasy novels ala Lord of the Rings or the Last Unicorn. I like my heroes bright and heroic, my settings fantastic, and I like lots of magic. This book offered me none of those things. Despite this, I would find myself pulling the old "just one more chapter before I go to sleep" thing which we all know means I woke up the next morning with my e-reader on my chest because I just kept reading. I do not want to say much about the plot or the characters that isn't already said in the official summary because I do not want to give anything away. What I will say is that the author made me extremely interested in and concerned for the fate of a person that I really shouldn't like. I think the best way to describe the characters, and explain why cared what happened to them, is just that they were extremely believable. They are flawed, messed up people. Do they make themselves better? Do they even try? Well I guess if you want to know those answers you'll have to read the book as I did. It will be time well spent.