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The jacket of this book calls the story "riveting" and "provocative." I would not go that far. Having been to Budapest and seen the communist era architecture as well as the absolutely stunning architecture of the earlier days, I felt it was a place I could return to over and over. I was surprised that the only feeling about the city I got from the author was that she did not like Budapest for her own personal reasons which she expressed through her character, Annie. She gave it a bad rap. Aside from that, I felt the characters with the exception of Edward Weiss were shallowly drawn. This story, with more development, could have been so much more than it was and I do not feel that I could recommend the book.