Mika, Mika, I’m crying for you, but it’s not over yet. Not for you. What an irony to find out how precious you truly are to certain all-powerful individuals, yet the clues have been planted about this for some time. You’re breaking Yu’s heart even as you reunite two other estranged family members for the first time in centuries. Nor is this the only reunion happening. A certain playfully wicked vampire confront his “father” even as Crowley recalls his own less than blissful treatment at Ferid Bathory’s hands. Vampire detatchment can be a blessing when experiencing flashbacks. As Mika undergoes his change, I’m left wondering how much of this was Guren’s plan? How much was Mahiru’s? Jaw-dropping revelations were lobbed at the reader, answering many questions while giving birth to new ones in another stunning volume of this beautiful, post-apocalyptic series about vampires, demons, seraph, and human conseqences. Once again I’m left breathless, eager for more.