I admit it was hard for me to believe the hype, but this is truly the best book in the series thus far. I imagine it will be hard to top this book, so it may just be the best period. This is Zsadist and Bella's story. 
 This book picks up after the second book. Towards the end of the second book Bella was taken by the lessers at the beginning of Lover Awakened it's been six weeks since she's been taken and the Brotherhood is still looking for her (Zsadist in particular) even though her family has held a memorial for her death. 
 We first saw Zsadist and Bella's relationship start in Lover Eternal. I liked that JR Ward took the time to set up their story. It was the first time she's done that in the series and I hope that she does it in future books as well because I think it helps the readers feel more connected to the couple-to-be if we see a little more work for them to be together instead of them meeting and falling in love in one book. I think that Zsadist and Bella's story was just such a big one that it needed the extra room. 
 This book definitely has a lot of game-changing events take place. I don't want to give all of them away, but we will be feeling the consequences of actions from this book far down the road in regards to the series. Some of it is sad and I didn't like it happening. Some of it I was waiting to happen and very happy the JR Ward didn't drag it out any longer. 
 I hope that the books continue to have this quality to them. The things that annoyed me about the previous books, mainly the slang, the back and forth emotions, and the cheesy moments, were few and far between here. If not few and far between maybe they just seemed to fit better. At this point I really look forward to continuing the series. I wish that we weren't on to another couple with the next book. I wish that JR Ward would spotlight previous couples in future books, but from what I understand a new couple will take front stange while the others just show up in the periphery. While I am interested to see who's up next, I just hope that our favorites are not sidelined too much. Until Then!