Okay how do I put this gently? My experience while reading Affliction was..... 
 YAY LKH new book! 
 Anita is back in the office let's get started. Oh no Micha troubles! Lets go grab Nathaniel and comfort our boy. 
 Time to meet the family. 
 Loooooooong litany of relationship explanation to EVERYONE WE MEET. 
 Bigoted cops 
 Skim read 
 Skim read 
 Skim read 
 Backwoods religious zealots 
 Long litany of relationship explanation 
 Oh wait we are just like you! Too bad you've been gone so long. 
 Skim read 
 Skim read 
 Finally some action! 
 Skim read 
 Oh Edward's here! 
 More backwoods religious zealots 
 More long litany of relationship explanation 
 Skim read 
 Skim read 
 Skim read 
 Well hello Jean Claude So happy you showed up! 
 Skim read 
 Skim read 
 Skim read 
 Need I go on? I am sad. I think I am going to have to break up with this long running series and I hate it. But I refuse to spend more money(12 BUCKS!!) and not get a good experience. I just felt I was being railed at about what is an acceptable relationship between people. I get it. I understand it. Hell I even support it. But at what point to do stop the dialogue and get the hell on with the story. 
 When we did get some "meat of a story" it was good but getting there was rough. And sadly not worth my time at this point. Again it makes me sad. 
 I want to give one star but considering our past together I will give you two. Who knows maybe after some time apart we can give it another try. 
 I need ice cream. 
 2 STARS 
 T~