Toby D. (bookswapper) reviewed on 2/24/2006 + 188 more book reviews

This book was okay. It was fairly well-paced. I'm not fond of this trend to constantly set up sequels and large casts of secondary characters. Liu did this with the first book in the series, and had the GALL to more than double the number of secondary characters AGAIN in this book. Disgusting overpopulation of minor characters. Needs to kill off some of these people - she feels free to kill off lots of bad guys/villains, but the good folks just keep piling up with their tortured past, psychic gifts, and charming good looks. Blah, totally unbalances the books. The main characters in this book were introverts with severe issues when touching other people, yet are SURROUNDED by people during the whole book. Sacrificing plot and what makes sense for the characters in order to fit in all this plotting for many sequels.

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