It's funny, I feel like this book was the one that Milan was most interested in writing–the other stories were a way to set this one up. And while this one was good, it also felt like the most...conventional of the three, at least somewhat. Insofar as Milan's characters are ever fully conventional, at least. Having said that, everything I enjoyed about the previous books (especially the appropriate use of history not only as widow dressing, but as plot!) remains true here as well.