I thought that this book brought the characters from both Tithe and Valiant together well and I enjoyed it more than the first two books seperately - though I was disappointed that Val wasn't involved more as she was the main character in Valiant - I would've preferred if she'd had a larger role. I thought that this completed the series well and brought things together. I found the writing to be better than Tithe and the characters to be more bearable in this book. I especially took a liking to Cornelius in this book and his relationship with Luis. Saying that, I still would not recommend this series as at its best points, it was still very mediocre. A quite easy to read but disappointing series that I wouldn't recommend.