What could be weirder than a relationship with the Wyr Lord's right hand man, a Griffin Wyr and the Queen of all Vampyres. 
 I've loved Rune's character since book 1, I was hoping he would have his own book and was not disappointed when I found out he did. Though I was actually surprised that the woman that he was going to fall in love with was going to be Carling, the Vampyres Queen from Book 2. 
 Rune's character is quite different from Dragos and Tiagos; he was more rational, calmer and a huge flirt; he seemed more laid back than the rest despite having such a high rank. So to have him paired with someone who was more of a traditionalist and serious promised great fun while listening to it. 
 I liked that Rune was the first to recognize that he was mating and I found it really interesting that he was the first to resist mating with Carling. It showed that a Wyr can be able to resist rather than act solely on impulse of mating. Rune had also fewer tantrums than the Dragos and Tiago so it was interesting to see how Wyr reacted differently towards their mates and the situation around them given their character. 
 And he was so incredibly sweet!!!!!!! I can't blame Carling for falling for him. 
 But there was a point where he got .... Weird 
 (view spoiler)[ It was when he ordered some modern day clothes for Carling. The amount of knowledge he had on brands and styling kind of creeped me out. To make matters worse, this man who has battled with swords, guns and killed with his own huge hands is an expert make-up artist! I know the gesture of him doing Carling's make up was supposed to be sweet but the fact he had every eye shadow brush stroke made so perfectly on Carling, That just threw me completely off! (hide spoiler)] 
 Carling felt different in his book than the rest, the thought it was a little disappointing that she wasn't the bad ass Vampyre Queen that everyone feared, literally. Many still did but (view spoiler)[ she has grown a lot weaker and therefore more dependent on Rune to save her. But she did have that one scene where Rune was injured where she almost KO-ed an army that had me pumped for her. (hide spoiler)] 
 I did like their dynamic; I thought that it was nice to have a couple who were equally as old as each and have experienced life. In addition to being equally as powerful. The first two books, the males tended to obviously have more power and life experience than their significant other. 
 I absolutely LOVED how the writer took Vampyre lore and had her own twist to it. How Vampyrism does not promise immortality for those who live long enough and I thought it was absolutely brilliant how people need to apply for a visa to become a Vampyre. 
 I must say, Khalil has defiantly made an impression on me! I need to see if he has his own book but something tells me there's a certain Southern Belle in his future =D 
 The ending was just .... Meh! That's what ruined this book for me .... (view spoiler)[ I can't see them going on with this lifestyle for long .. I mean, they were both really active people and to just have them ... sit around doing nothing is kind of lame (hide spoiler)] 
 Rating: 3.5