Wow! I just love how Carian Coles mind works. As always, her books grab your attention from the beginning and keep you turning those pages! I can't wait for the next in this series. 
 You could read this book as a stand alone, but I was glad to have read all books in the Ashes and Embers series first. I think it made the build up to finding out what happened to Ember more exciting and I like that we got to see some of the A&E characters in this book. 
 I was anxious to see how Carian was going to pull off the taboo love story between the two without it being icky. I think she did an awesome job of developing the relationship into a romantic one that was believable and natural.