This is one of those times when I seriously wish I had started at the beginning of the series. The book contained LOTS of references to its antecedents, and they played heavily in the story. I could still follow it, but I knew I was missing a ton of background. In spite of that fact, I enjoyed the book. The characters were likable and I could easily put myself in the setting. Much like the main character, I put pieces of the puzzle together all along the way, but I must say the culprit was a complete surprise (and I had to stop to remember who in the heck it even was in the story). I do want to go back and read the previous books, and will follow through with the ones that follow, but I will definitely do them in order, since it seems to be a continuing saga.

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