Predictable. Lame. And the sexiest parts were with Gem and whatever his name is and nothing even happened. I didn't like Shade. I didn't like how Runa kept sleeping with him even though he was a jerk all the time. What does that say about women? The "torture to purify" crap was gross, unsexy, and anticlimactic. Seriously. "Ouch, some pain. Oh, I'm so unhappy. Ouch. Ouch. Okay, I'm fine now." . It's insulting. How do these books get good reviews? This is the second in the series. I read the first and didn't like it either. Gave this one a shot, thinking maybe it got better since people review them so high. But no. That's enough Demonica for me.