Review: Deep Dark Secret:  Secret McQueen, Book 3
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 6, 2012
The secret is out - Don't mess with Secret McQueen!Secret's adventure's continue to get better with each book and in new and different ways.  If this is the first Secret book that you have picked up, I strongly urge you to start at the beginning of the series otherwise, you miss a lot of the background and may feel confused with some of the relationships.The story starts with Secret complaining of a numb butt - yep, off to a great start already - as she is sitting in on the Vampire Tribune.  Now that she is a member, she has to "rule" over the proceedings with the other two members.  Her greatest concern - is the vampire half of her becoming more dominant as she is actually starting to enjoy and act like a "real" tribunal member?She also becomes involved in a case as a "favor" from Holden's maker.  The Queen of the were-ocelots, Genevieve Renard, needs help - her niece Lucy has disappeared and she wants Secret to find her.  This turns into a case of not only one missing college girl but several from Columbia University and brings back an old flame, Gabriel, who is accused of murdering at least one of them.  When Gabriel gets his one phone call, who does he ring but Secret to help him out.  Probably not the smartest thing to do considering he broke her heart years ago when he left with just a note on the fridge when he moved out.There is the secondary plot line involving Lucas and the Pack.  Secret's Uncle has decided to make a play for some of Lucas' territories and Secret must step up and really accept the responsibilities of being Pack Enforcer and Lucas' bond mate - too bad no one has really explained what that means to her..We don't get to see as many of the characters from the other books - Holden, her vampire friend, past warden, now lower ranked bodyguard is a minor character but shows up to support Secret when she needs him the most.  I missed their interactions because it really is a fun relationship.  The Vampires are more background players in this book.  On the plus side, we do get to visit with Calliope at least a few times.Secret continues to grow with her new powers and tries to make sense of her roles in both the Vampire world and the Were World and is stumbling into all sorts of messes with both.  What is nice though is that she is also growing as an individual and you see more of that in her conversations with Desmond and in her opening up to others around her.  Don't worry though, she is still the sarcastic, snarky Secret that we all know and love.The ending was great until the last paragraph and then I just wanted to scream - urgh!!  Major cliff hanger!!!  And how long until the next book comes out???  I do know I will be anxiously waiting for it... I don't preorder many books but the next one will be first on my list..