Romantic love is looking decidedly less romantic when the fey are involved. Ethan Chase (human) and his part fey nephew Keirran are in parallel dilemmas where the girl they each love is dying. On Ethan's side, Kenzie is desperate to experience life, when everyone else is trying to keep her safe so she can die...safely. No wonder she's annoyed. However, the focus of the story is on Keirran's attempts to save Annwyl, who is Fading. Someone really needed to put both boys into a Business 101 class because neither of them seem capable of negotiating. An in the Nevernever, negotiation is a survival tool. Desperation drives both of them to do some pretty terrible things, and much as they would like to rationalize it away as a necessity of circumstance, the horrors they inflict are really personal choice. The situation is only made horrible by their refusal to let go and accept loss. The unwillingness to make personal sacrifices means that much else is sacrificed and this will have far reaching consequences. This was an interesting book because I did not like the choices that Ethan was making, though I understood them. I could also see how the best of intentions could become twisted - we are often dragged into compromising positions by those we care about. This is a dark, interesting story that speaks to the uglier side of human/fae nature. The book is a complete story in and of itself but, still, the next book better come out soon.