Pages survived: 30 Yeah. This book sucked. Generally, when I give up on a book at thirty pages, it's typically for the exact same reason, regardless the particular novel; the characters bored me.This is pretty pathetic, too, when considering the scope Warren had with which to work. To me, somehow, someway, the characters just were flat, and didn't jump off the page to me as being real people. Every time I pick up one of Tracy Anne Warren's books, I think I can't possibly enjoy it as much as I did the one before. Somehow, she always manages to pleasantly surprise me. I LOVED this book. Drake intrigued me from the time he was introduced in one of the earlier Byron books, and I am happy to say that he does not disappoint as a hero. He manages to be simultaneously smart, kind, passionate, tough, and everything else you'd want in an ideal man. (It doesn't hurt that he's gorgeous, either.) Fortunately, Drake doesn't come across as too much of a paragon - Warren manages to introduce just enough hints of imperfection to make him seem real. Sebastianne was a great heroine as well; it was easy for me to empathize with her plight, and I admired her bravery in taking on the challenge of protecting her family and following through with Vacheau's plan. It would have been easy for her to come across as TSTL given some of the situations in which she found herself, but fortunately, that did not happen. As the story progressed, I could really feel the passion and love growing between Drake and Sebastianne, so their HEA was very satisfying. The plot itself wasn't anything really extraordinary, but I always enjoy a good spy plot, so that didn't bother me much. Most of the time the spy is the hero, not the heroine, so that at least was a nice twist.
