Daughter of the deep silence6/20/2023 ![]() ![]() Grey and Frances/Libby are harder to root for, since the situation is so fraught with the trauma, stress, and grief of what happened on the cruise. Their love story is more believable, and he's the most fully realized secondary character in the book (and no doubt most readers' favorite). Shepherd is the one person who can foil Frances' plans, because he knew Libby from childhood and was her first love. The intensity of the two central romances - Frances and Grey and Libby and Shepherd at age 14 - may be difficult for some readers to get past. So even though part of her plan is to make Grey fall in love with Libby and disclose the truth, Frances can't help but fall for the guy a second time. Yes, she's bent on revenge, but she's also 18 and apparently never dated or kissed anyone in the four traumatic years following the events on the Persephone. Most prominent of those is Frances' inability to move beyond the memories of her first fling with Grey. ![]() If readers understand that this riveting book is more Revenge than Count of Monte Cristo, it won't be a surprise that the revenge plot eventually takes a backseat to soapier issues. ![]()
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