This is a good book that starts off strong but doesn't really follow through. Emily's character is well developed during the course of the book, but the other main characters, Scott and Nina, are somewhat sketched in with a lot of missing parts to be filled in by assumption of the reader. Even more so with Yves and Verity. There were some great possibilities with those characters! And, while I am a huge proponent of not telling the reader every single darn thing, there is a point where the gap becomes a bit too large. This book does not breach the gap. And, I wanted more because what we did get was good! A very intriguing plot, interesting characters, and the possibility of one of those books that hits home with the reader if not for those little bits that didn't quite get fully looped in to the storyline. I needed that little more. This is Ms. Downes' first book and I will definitely be looking for her next one.