I don't know ... maybe it just hit me at the right time or something, because it just grabbed ahold of my heart and wouldn't let go. I read it twice before I realized there were other books. I went so far as to order The Summer Garden from the UK.paid dang near $30 for it and I was halfway through it when I misplaced it ...I think I left it at the nail salon one day getting a pedicure and have never been able to find it. So now that it's available in the US I need to order it again so I can finish the saga ...but I have to say that maybe it would have been better to end it at 2. From what I was able to read of TSG, I think I will be unhappy with Shura