Review: YES! Oh yes, I was waiting for this, and it did not disappoint!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 28, 2014
After reading the first book, I preordered this, and kept checking back for the release date, and when it downloaded to my kindle last night, I gasped in pleasure and immediately started reading, now finishing at 2AM.  And I LOVED THIS!  Completely.  And I am so happy there is going to be a third book in this series too.Lucien and Stephen are such great, unique characters.  They are very original, very smart (they figured out their problems and were brave enough to face their feelings and obstacles head on rather than cowering and creating more problems between them), and are so wonderful together.  I just love them.  Their attitudes and personalities always bring a smile to my face.  Their interactions are often funny too, as are all the great secondary characters.  There is a lot of very cool magic in this series as well, and some darker scenes, which just give the books more depth.  The books feel very realistic for the time period, and I feel totally immersed in this world whenever I read them.  My highest praise for KJ Charles on this series (which is her debut).The story line is unique and brilliant and new, but continues some of the obstacles from the first book, while leading the reader on a grand mystery.  Perfect grammar and editing, I do believe, and no faults that I can bring to mind.  Reading this equates to 100% joy in my mind, and this is exactly the type of story I needed.  I cannot wait to read the next one, and I want to read a fourth and a fifth at least too! I will take whatever I can get because these books just get to me.  This series is among my favorites.  Buy both and read them now!  And then wait eagerly with me for the third.P.S.  I will never think of magpies the same way again.  Now I rather want a magpie tattoo too.