Thanks for responding. I'm going to finish the book. I had high expectations for the book because of the presentation and the reviews. That's probably the problem since I've happily read mediocre books I never expected much from except a light, entertaining read.
The setting is accurate enough (except for the May snowstorm in Seattle, but that's okay). I stumbled over the hotel maids cleaning rooms at night which happened in no hotel ever. Rooms are cleaned during the day for occupancy at night.
Strange that I have no problem with vampires, werewolves, time travel, ghosts, and zombies, but a night shift of hotel room cleaners was too unrealistic.