I think I am in the minority since I didn't like this book as much as HIs Grave Mercy. I enjoyed the book and Sybella is truly an interesting character, but all the bad things that happened to Sybella just felt forced. Throughout the whole novel, you keep finding out one more secret that she has been hiding and of course, it is something completely awful. For all the bad things that happened to her, I am surprised that she could find love. It just didn't seem entirely believable. 
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 The one thing that really bothered me is that in His Grave Mercy, Madame Dinan was presented as the half sister of D'albert. However, in this novel, it seems as if they are some type of lovers. 
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