This book is the culmination of everything that started in the first book. I think that Ms. Wells wrapped up this story arc very well. I thought that the second book was really a filler / bridge book between the first and the third book. Well, this book definitely steps it up from Black Magic Mage. 
 This book picks up a couple days after the ending events in Black Magic Mage. Adam, Giguhl, and Sabina are on the search for Maisie and Lavinia by extension (since she's the one who kidnapped Maisie). As with the previous books this book starts off with the action right away. There's very little build up for the opening scenes. 
 The main portion of the book takes place in New Orleans, and we get to spend a little time in the Fiary Court as well. Even though the characters remain in a central location for the majority of the book I really felt like they did a lot of running around. It took a long time for them to figure out where the vampires were hiding out and they received many misdirections along the way. 
 In all honestly there's not really much that happens that isn't anticipated. Really this book is about getting to that point. We all know that this is the book where Sabina will face down Lavinia. What we don't know is what will happen / what sacrifices Sabina may have to make in the getting there. 
 It's been really interesting to see Sabina change and grow. We started the series with her as a very self-reliant vampire who was taught to dislike anything that wasn't a vampire. Now, we see her start to depend on the others in her team (Adam and Giguhl). We see her start to care about other people and them in turn care about her. I really want to go back and read Red-Headed Stepchild again just to see the contrast. 
 One of the best things about this book (this is probably the same for many people)is we get to see resolution between Sabina and Adam. We've all felt the tension between these two from the get-go and now feelings are addresses and acted upon. I really liked the way that Wells built up this relationship. There's wasn't a whole lot of miscommunitcations or "I like you but I'm in another relationship"-type thing. It centered around Sabina finally being able to come to terms with who she is. I liked that Adam gave her the time, and also didn't get deterred because she needed the time either. 
 We get to meet some new characters in this book, I don't know if they will be in any of the upcoming books or not. 
 I was really happy with the ending of this book, and I can only hope that Wells builds upon everything she's started here in the next two books in the series (which I believe will be done with book #5). I would hate for Sabina to have been built up so much only to have her fall back again because this is definitely a series that I want to continue to read. Here's hoping. Until Then!