Review: 4.5 stars
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 21, 2013
This book is almost a 5.  It continues much the same way the other books have been.  I was hesitant with this book because too much vampire council politics can ruin a book.The story moves well.  Not too fast but a lot gets covered in these pages.  I thought the character growth was very good in this book.  Not only more capable but emotional growth too.  The romance between Gabi and Julius was just enough to make the story better.  It added to the story instead of distracting from the big picture.The reason I didn't rate this a 5 was for one thing.  Caspian gets introduced in this book.  The author tried to justify his presence by making him useful in important situations.  It never felt right to me.  The way he was introduced and even the suspicions don't justify him being around.  There is no reason he shouldn't have been killed immediately.Now this isn't a spoiler because it doesn't happen.  This is my own guess at what could happen.  It seems the author is setting up a future story where Caspian gets some sort of hold on Gabi.  Thereby taking control of the city's werewolves as well.  The Gabi and Julius' love will have to prevail.  I hope that's not a planned book because it's just too obvious for my tastes.  A bit too cheesy.  That would be a book I would skip.  Or just skip to the final 30% and skip Gabi being mind controlled and screwing over all her friends.