Finally, I have a really good strong female character to make example of, ladies and gentleman, meet Aryal the Harpy because she rock my definition of proper raw and strong female character. I guess, I went backward with the series since I've read "Dragos Takes a Holiday" first before I read this book but it was all worth it. The book follow up directly from Lord's Fall and its subsequent storyline which take up the considerable size of the book's plot. 
 Aryal and Quentin were possibly the most non-vanilla characters in the entire series. Of course, all of the characters in the Elder's Races series were intense, defiant and sometimes lovable but these two's dynamic were catastrophically explosive. Since Aryal couldn't pinpoint anything against Quentin, she couldn't boot Quentin off from the Sentinels. Even after she had terrorize Quentin's personal and professional life for two years and by the time around this book, both of them reach to the point where every single time they met, both of them always end up with in a murderous rampage. When their fight went out of control, Dragos sent them to Prague on a two weeks mission to a lost elven realm Numenlaur. 
 For most part of the book, Kinked was fast paced and enjoyable but it was always interesting to see two physically equal and dominant characters clash and their verbal war was entertaining to the end. Of course, it is still partly a paranormal romance but for 80 percent of the story, it run on heavy action, character developments, sexual tension and also the ugly things waiting for them in Numenlaur. I wish I hadn't devour the book too fast because I can't wait for the next novel length book in the series.