It's hard to find the need to finish a saga when you feel at odds with the main character. I've got to admit, Layla was getting on my nerves something fierce in this installment. There were countless times that I just couldn't believe how stupid she was acting. I just couldn't logically figure it out. Also, I'm just going to say it... Stone Cold Touch was extraordinarily predictable. OK... I've made all my starting judgments. Let's discuss. 
 Is it just me or if Layla just getting super annoying? Like girl... what are you even thinking? She makes all these piss poor decisions (which I won't go into in depth because spoilers!) that just don't make logical sense. I understand the dilemma she's going through and it's a rough crossroads she's at. My problem is that she's not handling it in a successful manner. Can a main character make mistakes? Yes, obviously! Should the main character learn anything from said mistakes? YES! Except Layla seems to be the exception to that rule! UGH! 
 So there's a love triangle because there always seems to be one in YA. In White Hot Kiss it was all Roth all the time. In Stone Cold Touch it's time for Zayne to build a relationship with Layla. The set up for this is Roth "breaks up" with her leaving an opening for Zayne to swoop in and try for love with her. Frankly... the whole set up for this book was so Twilight (New Moon in particular) that I'm surprised that royalties weren't paid to Stephanie Meyer! It was painfully obvious to everyone but Layla that Roth... ::cough:: Edward ::cough:: broke up with her as a way to protect her leaving an opening for Zayne... ::cough:: Jacob ::cough:: to try for a shot at her heart. And poor Zayne! I'm still not really shipping them but still... Layla sucks so much and does so many stupid things that I think she doesn't deserve him. Like he could and should do better. 
 The main storyline outside of the love triangle stuff was to figure out who the Lilin was that was born after the ritual at the end of White Hot Kiss. I won't say who it is but I called it easily. I think it was supposed to be more of a twist than it ended up being. But honestly... how could anyone not have figured it out? (view spoiler)[I'll be fair and say that I did think it was the substitute teacher for a little bit since he was a new character... but all the context clues added up and I was pretty suspicious of the actual Lilin for most of the book. (hide spoiler)] 
 Ok enough of being a Grumpy Gus. I still gave this 3 stars so I should at least make note of what I liked. I liked Roth. Roth is my literal dark prince wonder-boy. I'm still invested enough in the series to see how it will shake out in the end. On to Every Last Breath!