I don't like the Rowan at this point - I like her when she's a child, and later when she's more settled with Jeff, but here she's a pain to herself and everyone around her. And Reidinger's manipulation is annoying. But it does have a happy ending. And an interesting universe - McCaffrey says in the introduction that this is the story she 'prefers' to consider her first. There's a lot of very rich development springing from this one story! ( )