22 October 2015: $2.99 on Kindle 
 5 May 2014: $3.99 on Kindle 
 4/7/2013: $3.49 on Kindle (I'm a little irritated that I paid so much more for it just a few weeks ago. *sigh*) 
 **ETA: I'm not sure who is to "blame" for this pricing crap, but this is the price history (from ereaderiq): 
 3/26/2013: $6.64 (release day) 
 3/27/2013: $6.45 
 4/2/2013: $5.69 
 4/3/2013: $6.44 
 4/5/2013: $3.49 (in response, I'm sure, to price match to B&N's big 50% off sale) 
 **End off-topic rant** 
 I liked this, much, better than the first one. And it wasn't like I disliked Once Burned, but I did have some issues. It seems my expectations were reset though. 
 Vlad still wasn't Vlad (though I felt like he at least showed up for a bit here in the beginning) and even though I was expecting that I still felt disappointed. Leila still irritated me, as she did Vlad, with her casual disregard for her life. Even if I didn't know the name of the villain, I knew who it was the moment they appeared on the page for the first time. And, it still ends on somewhat of a cliff-hanger. 
 In spite of all that - it's compulsively readable. I couldn't put it down yesterday. I just had to keep reading. These things make it really hard to rate. And at times I feel like I'm rating the books too high, but at others I feel like I'm not giving them enough. 
 Without going into spoilers - if you liked (or hated) the first book, you're likely to feel the same about this one. ;)