Frustrated with a book....

Presently I am reading/listening to Kim Harrison's A Perfect Blood. I have loved this series, waiting with much anticipation for each book to be released and gobbling them up as soon as I can get a hold of them. For the first time in the ten books plus handful of short stories, I have actually had to put the book down completely disgusted with the characters. Grated Rachel is not perfect, and is not some supreme fighter who always comes out on top, that's part of what makes her so relateable, she takes a beating and doesn't always come out on top immediately. But so far in this book she has yet to come out at all - she get captured, beaten, disabled, and so very often relies completely on her splat gun which has yet to even hit anything 80% into the book. She bemoans her inability to access her power or tap lines, thinking how everything would be completely different if she hadn't handicapped herself with the silver bracelet, yet the first run she is on after its off, she relies on her splat gun and Trent's charm. The only time she even comes close to using her power is to tap a line to bubble herself once. After she was disabled yet again and tied up with her own zip strip I'd had enough. I expect so much more out of her, even with her mistakes. This is nearly as depressing as Bella. I am taking a break from this book and I so hope it gets better...