Each of the books in this series is getting worse, but I feel compelled to finish it because I'm hoping there is an answer that makes sense as to why there's really no story here. This book is just a series of time travel stops along Luce's past lives. I was never really sure why she undertook this journey. I think she was trying to find a reason as to why she loved Daniel, but since most of her 'love' seems to be his broad chest and violet eyes, I couldn't make much sense of it, especially when it still didn't give reasons at the end. I felt I could have skipped this whole book and still would have a good handle on the series. 
 Luce is more annoying than ever. I thought there might be some growth, but nope. She's still reckless and thoughtless. Daniel hops in and out, but even he didn't make much sense anymore. Why did he cleave to an older version of himself only to split again later? Why is Luce listening to a gargoyle who doesn't seem to tell her much more than Daniel does about her past? 
 The historical bits were more interesting, but also fairly ridiculous as far as teaching her anything about herself. There's a whole bit that's lifted directly from 'Shakespeare in Love'. 
 I'm glad it's over and I can read the next book and finally be done with this series.