Rare ending that caught me by surprise!
919587
Vert rarely can I say I wasn't expecting the twist at the end - a surprise revelation...but this was true of this book. I read from 10:30 pm till 5am last night to finish this book. Now on to the sequel.
1747150
I wasn't expecting to like this book as much as I did.  I usually lose interest in the "all is well in the end" kind of books.  Their answers seem to easy and well, life is rarely easy.  This one surprised me.  I like the characters enough to get lost in their story and it was a lovely surprise.  I hope the author has a sequel or one in the works.  I'd like to know what happens next.
1741844
The final book was a good ending to the entire story - truths were revealed and climaxes were mounting all over the place! The tension ran high and there were several surprises that I wasn't expecting - ok, surprises are surprises, but WOW!

Overall the last book in this series was well done however the final truths seemed abit reaching and grasping for me. It was alittle like Rowling got to that point and had to really stretch it but it was ok.

I wish there were more...
1591971
one of the best surprise endings i have ever seen hold on to your eyes folks
2897290
This is a wonderful story and very well written.  The characters are well developed and I felt like I knew them personally.  The surprise ending blew me away!  Totally unexpected.
3058444
Surprise ending.  Loved being caught off guard
2531496
This book was SO good!  I could not put it down and the ending was completely surprising!
1506771
I'll preface this with saying that this story was a stretch in terms of genre for me. But I had been bored of the same old, and this was shockingly good. I read it quickly over a few sittings and was disappointed that it wrapped up so quickly. Even so, I definitely recommend.
3438411
A good story with an enexpected ending! I really was invested in the characters!!
4020450
This was a fantastic surprise!  I read this book in one day - stayed up too late at night to finish it.  I am giving it 5 stars because I really enjoyed it, but I do have one or two small issues.  The first is that the end should have gone on a bit more....  it is almost like there is a sequel for us to wait for (maybe?).  It just kind of dropped off a cliff.  Second, some of the last quarter of the book should have been filled out a bit more.  Large gaps of time were skipped with no real idea of what happened in those time gaps.  Now I want to make sure that I am not saying these two items make the book LESS enjoyable, but if these gaps/drop offs were not there the book would have been MORE of a good read!  This is probably the second or third book of hers that I have read, and I am going to read more of them!  They are truly feel-good books, but not so sappy and sweet that I feel like I insulin to balance my blood sugar.  This book is probably the best of her books that I have read - so read it, feel good, weep a little bit, and end with hope for humanity.  And I think we ALL need that hope right now!
1911031
I honestly thought the book had the usual plot until I came to the end. I sure did not see that coming! The tragedy that befell Jade did catch me off guard but it was not quite surprising for me. In the end, I decided to accept the way things happened -- and then a sudden plot twist! That was really awesome.

The intimate scenes were a little too intimate for my liking and it kept me wondering what age the characters are in. I'm not sure if the way the characters fooled around (or the way it was written) was appropriate for the audience. That's basically my main gripe although it's probably just because I grew up in such a conservative Catholic country. And speaking of Catholicism...prepare yourself for the many Jesus references. I am Catholic myself but have not been practicing the religion for more than a year now and I feel uncomfortable about it even though it was not actually the protagonist doing it.
1979861
I really wasn't expecting the ending to be what it is...the way the book is written really led me to believe in certain other events to occur.  Overall, it was a great surprise and a great ending to the series.  The only disappointment was there are a few obvious unanswered questions such as what happens to certain characters, what do they eventually do in the future, etc.
2694343
I, too, was surprised - perhaps annoyed - at the ending of this volume of the Niccolo story.  On further consideration, however, I believe that there WERE clues to support Dunnett's unexpected ending.  Her red herrings and surprises abound, as always, and I had fallen into one of her marvelous traps.  Only shows what a superior craftsperson she is.
3095752
I really didn't know what to expect when I started reading but was pleasantly surprised with a very interesting and different tale than I have ever read. There was a lot of technical jargon I didn't quite understand but the characters were interesting enough and the story so unusual that I had a hard time putting it down. I loved that it wasn't your average space tale and really loved the ending that left me hoping for more but still wonderful in itself.
2594896
A very good read! I couldn't have ever predicted this ending & I certainly never saw this coming! I'm ready for the next book!
3194128
I am not easily surprised by an ending. I am pretty good at seeing something coming but I did not see the epilogue coming at all! And that made me rethink a few things about the characters but I won't give anything away.

Jeff is married to Claire. Claire used to date Tim, Jeff's brother. Jeff works with Tish. Well they technically work in different cities, both named Springfield, but they work for the same company. Jeff has to fire a co-worker and it weighs heavily on his mind. After he lets him go, he decides to walk instead of taking his care and that leads to his untimely death.

The story is told in the three voices of Jeff, Claire and Tish. We go back to how Jeff and Claire got together, how their life played out. We see how Tish and Jeff met and how they kept in contact by email and phone calls and texts. We see the sadness in both Claire and Tish when Jeff dies.

Tish is married to Brian, a doctor and the father of her daughter Zoey. Zoey has a talent for writing and a special poem plays into the story quite heavily.

I really don't want to give too much away but I was so involved in their lives and wondering why Jeff would be so involved with Tish and if they ever acted on it. I had a hard time wondering why he was so involved with her but later complications explain a lot of that. My heart broke for Claire and her sudden doubt in her husband. And I thought it was all very neat and tidy in the end and the BAM!, the epilogue. It makes you totally rethink everything that you felt about the characters. Great read.
1144751
I did not see that coming...you might enjoy the surprise ending...okay