Previous fans of Richey will undoubtedly like this new album.  Similar to her other cds, the main theme on this disc is relationships, good or bad, or confusing. In the title track she laments "You’re like Chinese Boxes, one inside the other, inside the other...you’re like smoke and mirrors...magic spells..How am I to know?" One of the album standouts is "The Absence of Your Company," another relationship song where she sings "If you can tell me you won’t miss me, and sound convincing when you say you won’t miss me, I can walk away". Most of the songs are about the same medium speed and energy.  The one faster tune on the album is also my favorite, "Not a Love Like This," where she is clearly ticked off. Even though there is not a great deal of variety in her music Kim Richey writes very nice, easy to listen to songs and certainly has a wonderful voice as well. If you like this, I strongly suggest her 1995 debut album as well.