This book doesn't deserve the rating it's getting......really. The writing is extreemly poor and hard to follow. The mystery and history is all that carries this book along and it's shallow. It seems she went into this book just to get to the twist ending which everyone seems to love otherwise they wouldn't rate this book so highly. Everyone's a hopeless romantic, just as the character in the book says, and a doop. They forget all flaws and give it a 5 star rating. Weak!Read the low reviews on her book The Mistress of the Art of Death (great title but bad book) and you'll learn more about her awkward and inaccurate writing style. Don't waste your time.