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One of my biggest pet peeves in books is when the author tells you rather than shows you what's going on. There were so many time skips and mentions of moments between Banks and Noura that we didn't get to experience, especially during his “grovel” (if you can even call it that), and because of that I feel as if Banks' sudden change of attitude towards Noura and his plan to win her back was unbelievable and didn't redeem him at all.