I had mixed feelings about this book I've always liked Mary Jo Putney's books, and I do like this one -- but, that said, it has some of the current series tropes that have come to bore me so much -- the "family reunions", the walk-ons by characters from previous books -- all the references to previous books which don't move the present story forward. Between skipping boring reunions and repetitive by the numbers sex scenes, there is little room left for story today. I don't mean this as a criticism of this author; *everybody* stuck with doing series now has the same problems.
So for me the book was a bit bland, a bit disappointing. I thought it was carried mostly by the author's very smooth and pleasant writing style; it *is* a pleasure to read prose by someone who knows what she's doing. So 5 stars for the prose, 3 stars for the rest of it.
So for me the book was a bit bland, a bit disappointing. I thought it was carried mostly by the author's very smooth and pleasant writing style; it *is* a pleasure to read prose by someone who knows what she's doing. So 5 stars for the prose, 3 stars for the rest of it.
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