Without Roth, Layla feels more lost than ever before. The Wardens are keeping secrets from her, and her powers are changing and getting stronger. And when Roth suddenly returns, everything changes. Then, Layla discovers her long time crush Zayne has feelings for her too, and maybe what she thought was always forbidden may not be impossible after all... 
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 Sooooooooooo good! So, so, so, so, good!!!!!! 
 I absolutely loved every second of it! And the love triangle - it was intense. I was so unsure of what Layla was going to do, and I still am. 
 At first I would have said Roth without a second thought, but as the book progressed, I began to fall in love with Zayne. He definately stepped up his game from the last book. In the book, he's so sweet, loving, kind, loyal, caring, and protective. Plus stunningly attractive. I loved that part at the beginning of the book where Danika was stitching up Layla's arm and he was holding her, in that gentle and caring way with that fierce love for her. 
 But then Roth came along..... and, well, you could say that I fell for him all over again. Harder than ever before - not that I thought that was even possible. He just seemed so much hotter and attractive, and sassy, and sly, and mischievous, and loving, and caring. And he had that fierce, protectiveness that Zayne had for Layla, but he had a different way of showing it, It was like he wasn't so afraid of letting her be alone for a few moments and letting her see how strong she was, but at the same time he was always there - always there when she needed him. Always! And of course there was Roth's smart-ass sassiness that seemed more present than ever before. He literally had me crying of laughter so many times. So as you've probably guessed, I am Team Roth. Because dayum. 
 I also loved the relationship between Zayne and Roth, and how they were always at each other's throats. 
 And I liked the new bond we saw between Layla and Danika. I thought it was nice how they were finally friends - or sort of friends anyway. 
 As I said in my review for White Hot Kiss, this series REALLY reminds me of the Splintered series! 
 Alyssa and Layla are so similar with their confusion of being different and strong love for two guys that both love her. 
 And then Jeb and Zayne are both the kind of older brother figure for the girl, and she's had a crush on him for ages, only to discover that he too had a crush on her. They both have that same protectiveness for the girl and would do anything to keep her out of a dangerous stuation - or the arms of the other guy in the love triangle, who would be either Morpheus or Roth, who are literally twins! The are both ultra hot and sexy guys who mysteriously pop into the girl's life and know all this stuff about her. They're both so infuriating, and annoying yet amazing and wonderful! And they both are so protective of the girl, but they know when to let her find herself and discover her own strengths and talents - they aren't constantly protectively hovering over her, they give her some space to explore, but are there when she needs him. And that's what I love about them - they let her make her own decisions (not that Jeb and Zayne don't do that, they just... do it differently I guess) and if she gets a few scratches in the process, well, maybe that's okay. Plus, there's that extreme level of smart-ass sass that Morpheus and Roth both share. No matter how horrible the situation they're in, they always manage to come up with some remark that has me dying of laughter! 
 And Jeb and Morpheus have the exact same kind of relationship as Zayne and Roth do. They both hate each other, but would do anything for the girl, which makes them sort of respect each other the tiniest bit, and whenever one of them is near the girl they are infuriated. And Morpheus and Roth are always managing to come up with ways to push Jeb and Zayne's buttons, and they're always rather different funny ways too. 
 Having found all these similarities, the books are identical yet COMPLETELY different. There are a ton of moments in which I think of Splintered when I read this book, but that's okay. They still have many differences and different layers to the characters and story lines, making them very different from each other. 
 So, all in all, it was a fantastic book, and I can't wait to continue on with the series! And I plan on purchasing the books also. They're THAT good.