I think you get the gist. I appreciate the fact that Aaron tries to make each character have his/her own motivations, strengths, and weaknesses - and these are usually enough to flesh out a character - but... something's still missing. I'm not sure if I'm just whining because the books are too short? But it's just like... Eli, Josef, and Nico hit a problem, come up with the best possible solution, and try to work their way towards it... There's no... interest or clash of personalities, or general on-the-road difficulties that they have to face together. It's almost as though Aaron focuses on each character doing their own thing and can't focus on them being together, which is a huge shame, because they're great characters, they make a great team, and forcing them together would create more depth to each of them. Does that even make sense? They do fight in this book, which is interesting, but it's still sort of a given that they all mostly trust each other. Which makes no sense, given their backgrounds, and even given the way they act around each other. It just doesn't meld, somehow.