I will start by saying that I haven't read the first book which has some overlapping events (and characters) so I may have missed something important about the time period between when Camille ran away and Renard finally reunited with her. And I'm starting with that because it's the one part of the book that I really didn't like. Partly because it made me very upset/disappointed with Camille and it also made the book drag on a little. I was upset with Camille for the very reason she states when she realizes she ran away for nothing and that was just that she didn't confront him with what she thought she knew about him. I was also upset that she would have denied him getting to meet their child (I wasn't a fan of the miscarriage storyline either - it just felt like it was used to heap more hardship and trauma on Camille). Prior to that part of the story I did enjoy the characters and their banter. Again, because I haven't read the first book I also missed out on seeing how Camille and Charlotte's friendship developed, all of a sudden Charlotte is married to Hamish and Camille and she are best friends. I also wasn't sure how after a year Hamish had no idea that Camille and Renard had been involved with one another - do Hamish and Renard not have any interactions throughout the book? I find it hard to believe that if they were such good friends that Camille's name would not have come up even once. I also wish we had gotten more from Renard's POV during that lost year - especially since the last we knew of him was that he was ready to propose marriage to Camille. I also found the subplot involving Nicholas Brandt unnecessary and unresolved - I'm assuming he will make some sort of appearance in book 3 because there's no way that got wrapped up so easily.