Okay book 1 Winter > book 2 Lia, for sure.

I genuinely think this would have worked better as flashback scenes in the first book, offering the Lia POV. This book kind of dragged and felt repetitive, both within its self but also compared to the first book. Especially since we really don't get any solid "answers" until the last ~15%.

And I still have a lot of questions, which I guess is a good thing and why there is a third book.

Spoiler

Something about Lia's character in this irked me, and her escape plans were not very well thought out, especially given who her husband is. Please walk a lot further before trying to hail a cab.