3.5 stars

Continues where book 1 left off, but with a slight switch in tone. Dan is back, and the reality of her affair has left Sophie with a lot of emotional and practical decisions to make about her life with Dan and a possible future with Lucien, especially given his push-pull response to her. There was a lot more emotional depth to this book than to book 1, without so much of the urgency and unexpectedness.

I both enjoyed and was frustrated by it. I sympathized with Sophie and Lucien as they slowly worked to overcome their personal demons, was annoyed by Dan's unwillingness to grow up, and honestly wondered how the author could bring it all to a HEA in a way that would make sense to me -- but she did, so yay to that.