You have to have a little suspension of disbelief with this one. I kept waiting for a goofy long lost twin plot, but am super glad that never transpired. This was another book I could not put down. The book was "reminiscent" (or a blatant rip off) of the secret history, but I ended up falling for the characters despite that. The characters eventually ended up coming into their own. Like Cassie, in parts of the book I was ready for Cassie to completely cast off her detective life and join up with the fantastic four. I didn't want the book to end. Like her first novel, the characters are flawed but lovable. I enjoyed some of the call backs to the first novel too. I liked the climax of the novel, and ultimately ended up in the same place as Cassie. I'll definitely read another Tana French novel next time I'm in a bit of a reading slump...