O man... I've been waiting for nearly 2 years for this book. Wicked was the first book by Jennifer Armentrout that I ever read and now finally I have my middle section of the trilogy. Perhaps I'm biased because this is my first Armentrout book and was completely responsible for me falling in love with all her books. However, regardless of any alleged bias, I still found Torn to be entirely enjoyable. Did Torn reinvent the wheel with originality? No... but that's not the point, damn it! I had a good time reading it. It was fun. I was engaged in the story and was itching to see what would happen next. 
 It's difficult for a middle book of a trilogy to feel like it has its own identity and only serves as a bridge between the beginning and the end. This is one thing that Jennifer Armentrout really excels at. Torn takes what happened in Wicked and turns them up several notches. It had its own definite story line and if the series just happened to end right now it would still feel have a sense of completion. This is a rare happenstance in the world of sequels. 
 However, there were some flaws. I felt that, at times, the language was too immature for the subject matter. Yes, these characters are in their early twenties and therefore, would be a bit immature. So in that respect the dialogue is genuine. It's just that the dialogue was immature the entire time. I just think the maturity factor could have been raised just a little bit and it wouldn't have been out of place. Also, considering nearly two years have passed since Wicked, it would have been helpful to have more reminders thrown in. I know I've forgotten some of the characters and small events from Wicked and more refreshers really would have helped me in Torn. 
 Ok let's get into the characters. 
 I appreciated that Ivy didn't spend this entire book keeping secrets. How boring would that have been? She just got it over with and then the story had way more places for it to go. It provided space for action to happen. If this whole book was just about Ivy whining the whole time I would... I don't know what I would do. I'd probably still finish the book but I just wouldn't have been happy about it! That being said, Ivy was so obtuse at times. Girl... seriously? (view spoiler)[Since when has Ren been in the business of snapping necks!? Isn't that a major RED FLAG? But no... it was the fact that there wasn't any sugar in his coffee that gave it away that it wasn't really him. I mean come ON! (hide spoiler)] 
 Ren didn't really do a whole bunch in this one. He was just mainly emotional support and back up in a fight. Still a good boyfriend though... 
 Tink! O Tink... I'm obviously not the only person here who just loves him to bits. Total scene stealer. I could go on and on about him but what else can I say besides he's amazing! (view spoiler)[Ok, I'll say a few more things. Ha! So Tink can be regular sized now! LOVE IT! Tink has a pet cat in a baby bjorn! LOVE IT! (hide spoiler)] 
 The Prince. I think the Prince is an excellent villain. He feels fully fleshed out and vivid. All of his actions are very logical when you look at them. When a villain is very ordered and logical they become a much better adversary. Anyone can just be a crazy evil person. A sane evil person is much harder to deal with. He's trying everything he can possibly think of to woo Ivy into sleeping with him. The problem is he has entirely no idea what would do the trick. He's thinking as a Fae with no humanity. Instead of trying to change himself into something that Ivy could want; he just try's to reshape Ivy into something that would want him as he already is. When you consider that, everything he does is an entirely logical though process. Although, there are worse things he could have done to her. Not to discount what he already did but he didn't do anything to her that was illogical and emotionally based like physical abuse or rape. (view spoiler)[She needs to consent for it to be possible to impregnate her. However, he could still just have sex with her anyway if he wanted to. He is already messing with her head and manipulating her so what's stopping him from violating her? It can only mean a few things: 1. he really doesn't want to have sex with her unless necessary 2. maybe he's just not a rapist or 3. maybe he does actually want her in his own weird way. (hide spoiler)] So, maybe he likes her a little bit? I mean that's not really saying much but maybe it's something that will be explored more in the finale, Brave. 
 Overall, I had fun with Torn. It was action packed and even had a few laughs thrown in. Looking forward to the finale next summer!