Gah!! Pepper!!! I both love and hate you so much right now!! Honestly, book one in this series had me less than convinced but I pressed on because I had faith in you and your writing (because of my DEEP love for the monsters in the dark series!) and I'm so happy I did! By far, this is the BEST book of the series! You and your cliffhangers though!!! AHHH!!! Ok, so without giving away any spoilers, I will say that I got to know Jethro and Nila and even Kes so much more in this book than in the past books. (And I love it!) The flow was great, the story is playing out so well- you truly have a dark gift!! I can't WAIT for the next two books!! August?!?! Gah!!!!