3 1/2 stars: Truthfully I feel like this book was filler, which is weird since it is book 2 in a trilogy. When you only get 3 books they all have to count! I loved the first book, The Gathering! In this installment the story doesn't progress, no new characters are revealed, the story is just stuck in place- treading water. Nothing changes. Without spoilers, I will just say that the only good part was the last 30 pages or so, when a "character" comes back into the story, and with the revelation that hopefully in the next book(last book?) the two trilogies will intersect. I feel bad because I love Kelley Armstrong's writing- her voice. But this book fell below par of the other installments of the two trilogies. I think you could actually read book 1 and skip to book 3 when it is released and there would be no confusion.