Status Updates From Dearly Beloved

Well, that was a choice. Ugh.

the second book I've read this week that mentions the, "acrid, eye-stinging bite of burning peat."

There were some plot inconsistencies about where her knife was during the maze scenes. One moment, it's in her hand. Another, she doesn't have the opportunity to bend down to get it (because she dropped it??) then at the end of the scene she pulls it out of the sheaf to throw it.

When he learned she was his wife, it totally devastated him and to him, it was the ultimate betrayal. She arrived at his house party where he couldn't throw her out and they had a huge fight that revealed everything and fixed nothing. Then the French spy tried to rape and murder Diana in the maze. Their son ran for help and Gervase came to the rescue almost... She killed him by throwing one of her knives.

Overall, the story pacing is slow.

The initial chapter is challenging to keep up with multiple characters with entirely separate story lines.

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