I have been reading Sylvia Day's books since before the first "Reader's Appreciation Weekend", and I have to say she has never let me down. I read over 140 books last year, and so when the pre-order of this came up my brian was a bit fuzzy about the first one so I went back to "skim". That skimming lead to re-reading/devouring the first one again, and then the short a caress of wings, and then this one. Boy do I love this series!!! What wonderfully strong characters set in an interesting ever-changing environment. You can tell that nothing is going to be the same when the dust clears, but that it's going to be an interesting ride!!!!