Honestly, I give it 3.5 stars but I rounded it up. I was very disappointed in this installment of the BDB!! This is the first time in this series where I didn't connect with the main couple. They just didn't do it for me. They were so lame!! Maybe because I had high expectations and was so excited for another female warrior in the fray! I though Payne was going to be more exciting and she would kick some ass! And Manny didn't do much for me either...but to each his own I guess. I know a lot of people would disagree with me but...oh well!! I didn't like them. There were a lot of slow parts that I kinda skipped through a few pages. I hate that....I really really wanted to like Manny and Payne. 
 The reason I gave this 3.5 stars is because of my one true love...Vishous! I loved that his and Jane's story was completed!! As much as I love Lover Unbound, I still felt that there was some unfinished business with them and that he never really got to the core of his problems. The sex scenes between Vishous and Jane were smokin'(as usual)! Of course...she is banging Vishous!! I loved when he said that Payne and Manny were "um yeahing"...that was hilarious! I also wish there was more of Quay!! I really feel bad for my boy Qhuinn...I hope they can get it together. I just don't like Saxton....arghhh!! To me this book seemed like an in between....to lay out the land so to speak for future books. 
 All in all, I enjoyed it! If it wasn't for the fact that this was more about Vishous, I probably would have rated this lower. But I love The Warden and her writing style, I just wish I loved it as much as the others.