** spoiler alert ** Although i had hoped to see a whole lot more going on between Brennan and Ryan (which by the way didn't happen), i think it is only fair to say that Bones Are Forever has a solid plot and i liked that Kathy Reichs raised an issue of diamond mining and its effect on the environment.

Some have complained about Brennan's tendency of getting herself into grave danger but after devouring the 14 Bones books within the last couple of months, i realized that...Tempe will always be Tempe. At least we readers can always be assured that our heroine won't get killed off (and too bad Ryan wouldn't know that).

Regarding Brennan and Ryan...i want to say it out loud that i am not giving up my hope for a rekindled relationship between them two. Over the past few books i had cried once (okay maybe twice) over their breakup and was really down for a week, but i have now learned to not expect too much. When Cotton Galimore was introduced in Flash and Bones, i was worried that Kathy Reichs was trying to have Ryan replaced. (Who knows, maybe my nightmare will come true in #16?) But could Ryan ever be replaced? Every time Brennan thought she was gonna die, she thought of her daughter, her ex-husband (and occasionally of her cat), and of Ryan. Ryan was always there. Between the two of them, there have been many cases solved and moments that they could not share with others but each other--i just thought that was too strong a bond to be broken.