I realized this book was going to be about one of the more minor cahracters from the fiurst book, and I was not expecting too much. However, I was pleasantly surprised. The characters are well written and interesting. I am not a big writer of reviews. However I am trying, and this is one of those books. I found the writing to be very smooth, the sort of book that I found hard to put down and looking forward to sitting down with again. This series is the first I have read by this author, but I am anxious to start number 3 here in a few minutes. I also am looking forward to reading her other series.