Review: Definitely a good read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 25, 2011
One of the complaints I've had about many of these books is that the scaffolding plot (the plot that the author uses to hold up the romance) is either too much or not enough.  It's either too complicated to be just a frame for the romance, or not well-developed enough to be a plot in its own right.  In this book, Fox strikes a pretty good balance.  There were a couple of times when I almost started skimming a bit, and the plot goes somewhere a little silly in the end, but not in a bad way.  More importantly, while the plot is a story in its own right, the complexities are in the service of the development of both major characters.  Nothing is overly complicated for its own sake.  Likewise, secondary characters are developed and interesting, having their own motivations without ever taking over the story.