The New York Times Book Review – Eliza Kennedy
…intelligent, well made and hugely entertaining…there are no flat characters, no clichés. The territory is familiar…but the authors render it fresh with crisp and witty writing…Usually, such a woman [as Rory] stumbles and flails, full of fear and self-doubt until she discovers her true worth and overcomes her weaknesses, et cetera, et cetera, snore. McLaughlin and Kraus have done something much more interesting by making Rory funny, self-aware and supremely competent: a fully realized human being. The joy of this book is not wondering whether she will succeed, but watching her do it. Rory is a modern damsel in distress who doesn't wait for a prince to rescue her, but pulls on her boots and strides out to slay the dragon herself.