User blog comment:JakePT/Deception Out, Response Abysmal/@comment-1691295-20120131024125/@comment-1786741-20120131040739

Still, if you ignore all the cannon issues you still end up with an extremely low quality story. Previously established characters are barely shadows of their former selves. Many of the events in the book are insults to common sense. Wrap it it with a horrible ending and your left with the worst book based on a Bioware property thus far. Even a fan fiction would fare better. It's simply a blemish on the Mass Effect series, what little it contributes is overwhelmingly negative. As I said, it would be much more beneficial for Bioware to admit they f***ed up, cut their losses, and pretend it never happened. It looks to be their best option for the series.