Jake Berry Berry itibaren Fedorovka, Tulskaya oblast', रशिया, 301125
** spoiler alert ** I enjoyed this, but struggled against the sense that it was a rush job, either in writing, publication, or both. In at least 7 places, various characters use the word "beyond" as a descriptive addition - if it were just one character, it might be passed off as a manner of speech - but it is many characters. This might not seem like a big deal, but much of the reason it was so irritating to me is that Ms. Alexander is a better writer than to need to rely on such sloppy crutches. Thus my conclusion that this title was rushed through its process without sufficient editing or proof reading. Another small problem I had with this one was the lack of consistency in Emily's response to the tragedy she suffered in the last book; it changed, or seemed to to me (and I read it fairly recently, so I'm pretty sure I'm right, in part because I remember her words) - which again is a level of sloppiness I had not previously seen in Ms. Alexander's work. I like the evolution of Emily's relationship with her mother-in-law, but had a harder time believing the extremely emo nature of her responses to several of the events in this story. Colin, too, seemed to have undergone some changes to some fairly fundamental personality traits. One could, I suppose, argue that these are the result of the aforementioned tragedy from the last title... and perhaps that is what Ms. Alexander intended. But as the reader they just felt like sloppy inconsistencies. That being said, I still enjoyed the book (albeit less so than the others), and will continue to read the series - although I am sad to have caught up to Ms. Alexander: now I have to wait for the next one!