I enjoyed the book, with its subject of adultery and Edinburgh setting too (I'm a big fan of reading books set in places I know well). It was just a shame it was written by an author I presume to be American, with American & English main characters. Really, there was no authentic Scottish feel to it at all, the city was merely a nice stage, & that disappointed me. The only two Scottish characters were very minor & very negative, which I felt was rich seeing as all the characters were in the country to study at Edinburgh university because of its high reputation. The author made little effort to use the country as anything more than as a prop to show just how urbane her characters were. But the writing was pleasant & I did like the way that the reader was allowed to make their own judgements on the characters with a fairly neutral narrative - overall I thought it was a good book. ( )