I liked this. Not quite as much as Serpent & Dove and for once I know why. I am a big fan of bickering. Of a bit of cat and mouse between characters leading to a romance. With that being sorted out at the end of Serpent & Dove, it wasn't replaced with continued bickering or giving that slow of funny bickering to another couple. That's not bad. It's just what I enjoy in books. That's why I adore To Have and to Hoax, You Deserve Each Other, A Curious Beginning...the Gilmore Girls. The list is never-ending. I am very curious to see where the plot goes in a third book and I do think the plot became more complex and the conflicts grew to replace those scenes that had bickering.