Hero’s and Heroins who are both smart, competent, and willing to protect others.
Characters who behave in keeping with the personalities S.E. Smith gave them and the dialogue to make that work.
World-building. Holy wow. Can she ever! Words escape me.
Plot and story are always deep and a little subtly beautiful. This one, what we do for those we love. It is fantastic!!! (I don’t think that is too much of a spoiler.)
And always, always, S.E. Smith gives us more to be curious about and a HEA that doesn’t feel contrived or hurried up to get there to hit that word count.
At the end of the day, she just writes a really, really fantastic story. (Series)