Sasha is typically human: she has good habits and bad. She has a strong work ethic, is a bit of a wisecracker with a keen sense of humor, and she enjoys life – especially taking hits straight from a can of whipped cream from time to time. Her faults can be annoying, but friends can do things that bother me and I don't let that keep me from enjoying their company. And so it is with Sasha, because I like her – flaws and all.

Pari Taichert has created a real person, not a fictional super-woman. She tells her stories in a breezy, breath-of-fresh-air first person and doesn't give her heroine all the answers. Sasha puts me in mind of the independent and willful characteristics of Casey Jones¹ and Kinsey Millhone².