I was amazed by the intricacy of the plot of Consequences. However, there were periods of irrelevant information and superficial descriptions, which really slowed down the novel and made the interesting parts less so. 
 I can't remember ever hating a fictional character as much as I hated Anthony Rawlings (with a smaller portion of hate attributed to Catherine). He was truly horrible and the story was hard to read at times because it was hard to observe what was happening. 
 I admit to getting extremely frustrated with Claire even though I understood that it was all part of Anthony's manipulation. In the end I was left feeling so frustrated that I'm racing to the next novel in hope of relieving some of it. 
 There are some great reviews on this book, I suggest you read them for a more detailed reflection on the plot.