Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: A disappointment

I've loved Brenda Joyce ever since I read "Promise of the Rose" and cried my heart out... but I'm sorry to say that her latest de Warenne books, including this one, are nowhere near as captivating as her older work. After reading this book, I realized that nothing much really happened in the story... most of the middle part takes place in one room and most of the action there involves the same tired conversational exchange. I kept plodding on loyally, hoping to be struck by the same heartbreaking poignancy of her earlier stories... unfortunately, it never happened. I just finished the book a couple of days ago and I can't even remember how it ended -- it was that unmemorable.