While the story started off strong, I was disappointed in many of Mingmei Yip's characters. The protagonist is an educated women who resides in Paris, but she can't seem to make her own decisions and is easily manipulated. Meng Ning's American fiancee, Michael, becomes less and less attractive. In fact, he became clingy and rude! Finally, I would have enjoyed if the author had developed the characters of Phillip and Lisa.
