I do wish there were half-stars you could give, because this would get more of a 2 and a half. The only reason it's a two is because this book felt a little too jumbled. Too many things were going on with little breathing space, there were too many characters with too little development, and all the ladies of this book were always getting in the way and needing rescuing from the bad men. It could just be the first-novel-of-a-series thing, but I'm really not sure I'd continue to number two.