Review: Seamless continuation from other books
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 14, 2013
Another great book by the author.  The fight between CHAS and The Cause continues to intensify and escalate as lines are drawn, changes are made and sides are picked.  Tara continues to deny her position of leadership, not realizing and seeing what everyone around her sees; she also struggles with her new-found leadership of the hybrid pack.  As a teenager, she bucks all the decisions her parents and the author adult members of The Cause try to impose on her, even though you, as the reader, want to scream at her to just listen because you know it's for her own good.  Tara is reckless and thinks she's invincible, which is just bound to get her into trouble.My only complaint was that the book was too short...there was no all-out battle.  I got to the end expecting a bigger fight to be just around the corner and....cliff-hanger.  I'll admit though, I expected another cliff-hanger from the author.  As much as I hate cliff-hangers, Heather Hildenbrand manages to pull them off seamlessly.  Part of me wishes to finally see the end of the series simply because I want to know what happens to Tara and The Cause members and CHAS; the other part loves that the series just keeps on going and going.Character development was a big plus in this book.  Tara is learning, bucking the trends, and in some areas finally accepting her role.  Those surrounding her are going through their own struggles, which is affecting the overall dynamics of the Hybrids vs Werewolves vs Hunters.  The environment is very similar to other books; not much new there.  The storyline was a little disappointing in the fact that it didn't seem to progress very far; it was certainly enthralling!  I finished the book very rapidly because of how interesting and vested I am in the story.  The book felt a little bit like a bridge between book 3 and the upcoming book 5.  As stated above, there was no all-out big fight like there has been in all the other books.Overall though, great read.  Fantastic continuation of the story and wonderful character development.