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The first half of the book was a reintroduction to the characters. I realize that accidents happen and people pick up books out of order and such (I know I have done it in the past) but we are 8 books into the series... character and story rehashing does not need to take the first half of each book. I thought the quick rehash at the very beginning was enough, but Davidson had to keep going on about it. What is truly sad is the lack of character development. They seem stagnant. They never grow or reveal more of themselves, they are just the same. After 8 books you would think there would be more background information about the characters, but no, readers are still fairly in the dark about the histories. But of course, we all know Laura is the devil's daughter and that is one background story that I never care to hear again. Yet it is brought up over and over and over again. I get it!! She is the devil's daughter, move on, focus on another characters background. It is almost like Davidson doesn't really know her characters and doesn't care enough about them to develop them. I really liked Sinclair and yet he is almost non-existent now. Yes, he is there, but it is almost like he is a ghost... he is mentioned and then that's it. He makes a comment and that's all.

I am just tired of the miniature plots that are trying to build up to something. Take some more time, write a larger book with a more substantial plot line and develop the characters, I beg you!
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