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 I really enjoyed Quinn and Blay's story. I didn't like how Blay lied about still being with Saxon. I really wanted to see a double mating ceremony. I wanted double bonding/spice scents. Still, I liked the book and thought it was hot. I'm glad Ward gave them a full open-door story. 
 I loved the BDB day to day stuff... Flying the plane, working together to transport Luhcas, helping Layla. 
 There are so many good storylines going on right now! 
 Layla and her and Qhuinn's young - I'd forgotten it's an 18 month pregnancy! 
 Layla and Xcor - my heart breaks for them. Despite being t odds with Wrath, Xcor is such an honorable man! 
 Xcor and the gentle takeover of the king-ship. Is Saxon the lawyer? 
 Who is the prostitute selling her body and blood? I'm assuming it's the same young glymera wife of the aging husband? What's up with that. 
 Assaill and Sola. I admit to liking it best when things are black and white. I couldn't like Rehv totally until he got out of the drug trade and I have reservations about Trez for the same reasons. So Assaill... I have a hard time getting behind him, but I sure do like him and Sola together! 
 Wrath and Beth and a baby in the future? And what would partially human offspring mean to them. I find it unfathomable that they haven't thought of this. Really? And the whole gentle takeover thing hinges on them not considering it? And then there's the whole thing where Wrath just doesn't even want to chance Beth's life with a pregnancy. 
 Luhcas in stasis. Holy crap. That was creepy and I thought we were going to have zombies for a while. It will be interesting to see how that all plays out. 
 Trez and Selena? There was a whole lot of insta-bonding going on in this book between Assaill and Trez. Not between them, but counting both of them. :) And Trez's sexual addiction. I didn't think Ward would go there, but she did, and now I want her to do it justice. I mean, tha'ts extremely rough to overcome, right? Or will her magical bond free him from his addiction. 
 Trez and iAm and their sHxx?xx? society. Part of me is totally uninterested in learning a new society. On the other hand, Rehv's book had a lot of sympath in it and then future books stuck to the Brotherhood/human world.