This was the second book that I read by Stewart. Like the first, I found it rather slow in terms of action. However, it kept my interest and I did finish it within 2 days. I liked the main female character, enjoyed the descriptions of Crete, and, generally, thought it was a charming book. The only other thing that bothered me was the way in which the "male interest" in the book behaved. He seemed rather sexist to me. However, the positive thing was that Nicola (main female character) also noticed this, and called him out on it a few times. Which I thought was wonderful to see, especially given the date this book was published and the age of the author.
All in all, I'd read more by the author.
All in all, I'd read more by the author.
I really liked this story, but (oh you knew that was coming) she sure does ramble on about scenery and such. It got very distracting and so I skimmed the parts that were her raptures of the cretian country and just stuck to the plot. I am certain that the descriptions are beautiful, but to me this was a suspense book and also a mystery of sorts it wasn't really my cup of tea. 3 stars, maybe less because of the ramblings.
This book was very slow reading at the beginning, it picks up a little after that and then the ending was really weird and kind of stupid. Not sure if I would recommend it.
