** spoiler alert ** 
 I liked is book so much! I think it was one of the best of the series. Part of me doesn't want to read another book of hers, because I liked this one so much and I don't want to be Phury-ed again, you know? 
 I will say, as much as I liked it, it's full of Ward-esque world building holes. I liked the book, but I think you either mate for life or you mate eternally. So I don't like that premise in general. And it's billed as an eternal mating, but this book explains it as a lifetime. 
 I think John Matthew and Xhex's story was my favorite. The whole Quinn/Layla thing... I called it! What a mess with Xcor, tho! That's set up on so many different levels. You've got Layla in love with BDB ENEMY #1(Xcor) and he loves her, and Xcor's 2nd in command in love with Layla, and Layla is pregnant with Quinn's daughter. (I think I'm missing an h in Quinn. Qhuinn. That's better.) anyway, you've got all that and add in thatn Qhuinn and Blay are finally going to be honest with each other. And they are setting Qhuinn up to be a brother, but haven't said anything about Blay and John. 
 And then there's the bad guys. I'm so glad the Lessers were not much of a factor in this book, though I'm afraid there's something going on off page and all the dumb new recruits are just to keep the warriors distracted from the big stuff behind the scenes. 
 Assail. The BoB (that totally cracks me up). I predict that Ward will turn all of them into "heroes" but I wonder how she'll possibly do it because they are such awful villains. What could possibly strike a peace between them after the attempt on Wrath's life? That's where I think it will have to be something big with the Lessers down the line. 
 I was really annoyed with the whole story line about deposing the king. I just don't follow that, though it's still better than the Lessers. And Assail. I'm tired of drug lords being made out to be sympathetic like she did with Rehv. Just done with it. 
 Finally, I feel like we're just at the beginning of things with Autumn and Tohr. I really would have been fine with the book ending with them apart, but likely to get together in e future. In some ways, Autumn is just getting to know who she is. It bothers me that she never existed on her own without Tohr. She doesn't even know what she likes to do. It's almost like she has to grow up or finish grieving, so getting together with Tohr now feels rushed. 
 It was still a five star red for me, and I look forward to Blay and Qhuinn very much!