" I basically enjoyed this book, but I found myself thinking most of the way through it that I couldn't quite believe in the main character, Bess Crawford. I had the same problem in the first book. She gets a lot more involved in the lives of people she hardly knows than I can imagine anyone doing. Also, at one point she visits a very hostile person whom she hardly knows alone at night - sort of a "never, never do this" action that no one with half a brain would do. I frequently found myself with questions about the character of Simon: how old is this guy, how come he's always there whenever needed (does he have a Bess GPS implant or something), how come he can run around the country getting her out of scrapes as batman to a RETIRED colonel when practically any other ablebodied man is in the army? I'm probably going to feel foolish when someone who remembers the first book better than I do answers some of these questions. "
— Bonnie, 2/10/2014