It is hard to imagine that the characters in this novel would have fallen in love without the adventures they endured, and it's hard to imagine that a different set of characters would have survived the adventures. Second, rather than creating a thriller that shoehorns in a poorly-suited happily-ever-after (HEA) plotline, Liu's romance grows organically out of the thriller plot. Ward, whose novels have rapidly become almost impossible to read without knowledge of the previous plotlines, should take notes.) She's good at creating an adventure that is encapsulated in one novel, while leaving open plot threads that make the reader want to find out what happens next in the series. First, while this is part of a series, it doesn't require previous knowledge of the overarching series story to dig in and enjoy. The first was Soul Song, number six in the series, and I was pleased both to see that several of the secondary characters in that novel appear in this novel as well and that said secondary characters seem to grow and evolve between the two books. This is the second Dirk and Steele novel I've read.
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