Skim-read this. Wasn't crazy about the side stories Butcher put in here, found it very underwhelming. There are only 3 side plots in here and the most uninteresting ones to boot. What happened to Andreas and Carmen? Joseph and Lyka? An update on Torr, Ian and Jackie would have been nice. I especially wanted to see how Ian and Jackie were faring. Seemed very inconsistent with the installments before this. I felt it was a little disconnected. And the interchanging Synestryn lords I don't find interesting or terrifying. The villains are becoming very repetitive at this point and not at all exciting or suspenseful. I really liked Cain since his introduction and his longing to have a child but the whole deal he makes with Rory made no sense. Rory has visions, she's desperate to get rid of them. Every time she touches Cain, the visions go away. So she makes a deal with him that she will wear his luceria until she finds the person who will make her visions go away. *crickets* Rrrright. Because that makes perfect sense. Cain isn't the solution to her problem? SMH. Don't know if this was a case of severe denial or what but it just made the heroine look dense. The whole driving factor of the plot was idiotic and not well thought out. Also Rory didn't annoy me as much as I thought she would (from the parts I read) given all the negative feedback by readers, she has spunk and seemed very attracted and enthralled with Cain but still I wasn't lured in to read their story in it's entirety. It's the same template used in most of the other books in this series, a warrior entranced by a Theronai woman and wanting to woo her and an obstinate stubborn woman not willing to accept her true calling and who she is. Meh. If the side stories were more interesting I probably would have given in and read the entire book. I won this in a contest from Literary Escapism. I have loved some of the earlier books in this series, but unfortunately I am getting tired of reading about women who are matches for a warrior's luceria but refuse to make any kind of commitment. I know it's a series and so there will be a lot of similarities, but every woman an seems to be SO similar- pigheaded and stubborn, thinking they can survive on their own but for the most part being TSTL. I would at least like there to be some more variation of why they feel they can't commit to their intended mate, without simply being that they are stubborn.I will keep reading at least one more in the series, because I liked some of the earlier ones so much, but this series is losing its luster. I definitely feel that you will feel somewhat lost in this book if you haven't read the preceeding books in the series, because there is a lot of backstory that isn't explained. Cain was very selfless, which is very typical for the men in this series, and is too good to end up with such a selfish jerk like Rory. I would like to see some further development of the subplot of the sanguinars and their attempt to create more THeronai to feed from.
What do You think about Falling Blind (2013)?
Loved it of course and now i have to wait till she writes the next one... So sad...
—Julin
I love this series so much!! Just read them all straight through!
—danielamartinez
Loved it as with all of the books in this series :)
—Oksi
Very good book, but no surprises on it.
—anamariacastrox
