This book feels much more polished than the previous book. I found the previous book somewhat amateur, under-edited and it seemed like a first book. I didn't have those kind of issues with this book, so I enjoyed the reading process in this book more. The biggest problem I had with this book is that I didn't remember the previous book enough, so I was a bit confused for the first hundred pages or so until I remembered enough to stop being confused. The problem with not remembering the previous book, is that I couldn't remember what Matthew was like in that book, so I wasn't feeling forgiving towards him in this book. Because he is a jerk in this book; he opted to spend his time with his friends or working. Yes, he hadn't seen his friends in 500 years, so I could see him spending time with them initially, but he's newly married and they went back in time for a purpose which didn't include working and socializing. Some of his behaviour is partially explained towards the end, but I didn't think it really justified months of this. Also I really didn't understand why Dianne became a wallflower in this book. She just put up with his neglecting her, I'd have threatened to leave him there if he wanted to spend time working and hanging out with his friends so much. (view spoiler)[ Eventually she confronts him, but over his overpossessiveness, not his neglect. Bah, I didn't find him overpossessive, he had a few jealous outbursts, but aside from that he more or less ignored her. I don't understand why she chose to confront him over the jealous outbursts, but maybe she just figured that would make him argue and not just leave (hide spoiler)] So yes, better written, but I didn't care about either Matthew or Dianne throughout this book. (view spoiler)[ And why did Dianne have to secure Hubbard's protection for Jack? Surely she could have just asked Gallowglass to watch out for him? Maybe remove him from London and set him up somewhere else where he isn't likely to ever see Matthew again? Presumably it's just there as a setup for some plot in the next book, but it's so glaringly obvious and so obviously stupid of Dianne. Particularly since she never tells Matthew about it. Though possibly he finds out when drinking her blood? Who knows, because this part is just not explained. (hide spoiler)] The ending dragged on, for no particular reason. It could have been 100 pages or so shorter.