The main thing that frustrated me about this book is the lack of Dee/Mouse. I felt that Morehouse really laid the foundations for Dee/Mouse, and made me really want it, and then yanked the rug out from under me (and Mouse) by having that guy Michael I never warmed up to swoop back in. Ah well. Authors being mean to characters that way just makes me take their side. ;) ( )

This was a solid, fascinating conclusion to Morehouse's series. My only problem with it, is that I'm not exactly sure what I'm supposed to take from the ending. It was twisty, unexpected and worked - but I find myself left with a slightly confused feeling. I suspect this is because she set the readers up to expect a particular kind of ending; one that at least one of the main characters was also expecting, and just as the resolution left him confused - and defeated - which I suspect may have been the point. I need to let it all mull around in my subconscious a bit more I think, and see what conculsions I end up with.

For all that, a very good book and very good conclusion, so don't let me meanderings put you off. ( )