I’ve only read the 3rd book in this series, but I didn’t feel lost from anything I missed in books 1 and 2. Even from book 3, I don’t think it would be a required read to fully enjoy this one. Although I do think it would be helpful to fully appreciate, because Rossi played a decent roll in #3. I actually liked this book better, I loved how Rossi shared his story, and I appreciated how he helped Sofie without taking over and dominating the relationship. I enjoyed the narrators, I think they both did a good job, and I liked that their speed and volume seemed matched, so the chapters had good flow, the whole story went smooth actually. I couldn’t believe when I got to the end, that it was over already.