Well, I read this book in one day, so it certainly kept my attention. I was really excited to get to see inside of Neville's head, since his appearances in the past books were limited to the perspectives of the main characters and Neville's speech impediment keeps his inner workings somewhat mysterious. It was also a delight to have more time with the characters from the previous books, since they spend most of this book celebrating Christmas together. Clara is another excellent female lead, a great pairing with Neville, and I adored how their ending played out. One thing all of the women in this series seem to share is that they are capable and hard working, they are managing their own problems and situations, and it's no so much that they need the men to rescue them as it is that having someone you trust to lean on makes things easier. Honestly, this whole series has been so much fun and I'm really going to miss it. I love this little brotherhood of orphans, their fantastic wives, and their expanding families. I might need to re-read the Belles of London series to catch all of the references to these characters.