The Liar's Key

It's been a long time since I was unable to finish a book. This was that book.

I suppose if you love selfish, arrogant, immature protagonists who refuse to learn anything from their experience, you'll love this. I don't and I didn't.

Being an optimist, I assume that the thoroughly unlikeable fellow eventually recognises the admirable qualities of his companions, discovers the hero within and sees some value in caring about anything but his worthless self, but I got tired of waiting for it and put the book down with relief.

Goodreads may need a “stopped reading” button for books like this. This being on the “Best of 2015” list renders the entire list useless to me, but the prominence of thinly veiled romance trash on the list had already raised a distrustful eyebrow anyway.