** spoiler alert ** 
 A fitting end to a brilliant series. The world,hidden in plain site, that Giovanni had come from was fueled by revenge, animosity, and centuries of power struggle. The ancients lived for so long that fighting had succombed to wanting peace and small pleasures and not dealing with any mistakes that they may have left to be unearthed. So, the latter generation of power hungry beings stumble across something that was meant to stay hidden, an elixor that looked to unload burdens of flesh and burdens of bloodlust. With this formula in the wrong hands, with wrong intentions, even the strongest vampire could be weakened enough to bow before another. By the end of this book, every bow is tied up nicely and I feel relieved, even a little sad, to see the journey end.