I’ve read/listened to the entire series and this one is not as connected to the beginning books so it can be read easily as a stand alone, honestly it has more of a spin off feel to me. I really enjoyed the story and progression of the relationship. I liked that it wasn’t overly drawn out and really enjoyed meeting the new characters. Brown does a fantastic job bringing them all to life and I really appreciated how he handled Sophie, so many narrators overdo the kid voices but I think he did a great job with it.