2.5 
 Ugh I have been reading this series forever and find myself so uninspired that I cannot possibly finish this one and read two more.... Please...YA series NEVER need to go on this long. One crisis after another....I can get behind the vampires and the magic...but my disbelief cannot handle how much DRAMA this town has. I seriously do not give a crap about these character anymore...Accept Myrnin. I love him. 
 update:6/7 
 So I did finish it...Rachel Caine is a monster who writes a really good battle scene/climax/ending....but the lead up is so painfully boring.