As always Shana Abe's writing is positively magnificent. 
 I've recently read The Sweetest Dark and The Darkest Night and so I decided to seek out the first series, and I'm so glad I did. 
 Readers who like Lora are sure to like Rue as well. She's strong willed, stubborn and very protective of those she considers hers. 
 I read this in one sitting because I simply could not put it down.