Was very much like the first book, sometimes slightly better, but a huge disappointment. After the horrible first novel, I gave this and the third novel a chance, because my main problem was the heroine, Jessie. Unfortunately the heroine in this book, Leigh, is just like Jessie. The plot was just a little better, mostly because it offered a background-story. Now, what's wrong with the guys in Handeland's books? It seems they all say the same stuff. 'Waited for you all my life blah' and 'If you want it to be just sex, then that's okay/Do you just like me for the sex?' and I'm sitting there all.. bored.I mean, seriously. The romance? Awkward and very much like Jessie and Will's. Even the conversations seemed to be .. rewritten ones? Don't know, I simply did not like that everything, the conversations, people etc. reminded me of those of the first installment.As before, I can only point out how stupid she was, but beside that the novel seemed to be good. I wouldn't recommend buying it, though.