Alchemists are evil. At least in Richelle Mead's universe. The first half of this book is fairly angsty with Andrian off the wagon and Sydney playing Mara Dyer (The Evolution of Mara Dyer) all locked up in her ward and barfing everywhere. Things get a bit Twilighty with the romance in Las Vegas at one point and meanwhile I'm all, "Wait, I forgot we were talking about vampires..where's the blood?!?" But, fun! (view spoiler)[It was fun reading about the Death Valley adventures as I read this a week after being there myself. Not locked up. Also, I love that Sydney's magic is just there now, no big thing. Crazy witch. (hide spoiler)]