I have read Gena Showalter before, and have enjoyed her take on the supernatural world. I was very excited to read this book! When I realized the book was closer to 450 pages I was a bit taken aback. Now after reading the novel, I believe a good 200 pages could have been eliminated. Despite the length of the novel, a lot of the key plot points are murky all the way up until the last 60 pages. I found myself wondering if I had missed pages, there were so many pages between when particular plot points were touched on, it made remembering details difficult.

I think that the overall theme of the book is interesting. I think a lot of quality was lost in the execution. With the ending left wide open for a sequel, I was really let down that after 450 pages, not a whole lot was resolved, and I still had a lot of questions. It is safe to say that when a sequel comes out I won't have it on my list.

You can read an excerpt from the first chapter of the book on Gena Showalter's website.

You can read my review of another Gena Showalter book, Blacklisted here.

Find out more about the how the cover art came to be here. Its an excellent look at the process of developing cover art. Enjoy!