*CONTAINS SPOILERS* 
 Okay guys, before you get your knickers in a knot let me first say that I KNOW that this book is majorly FLAWED. I had so many issues with it; the errors, the way Kelsey always knows what to do, the weird way the characters react to certain things ... there were just a lot. And even though I've always loved their adventures, I found this one to be really lack-luster. Don't get me wrong, I am very impressed with Houck's ability to create these quests and how she intertwines them with known myths and legends, really I am, but something was just missing this time around. It bugs me so much that even though Kelsey gets things done (unlike other protagonists), it just comes really easily for her. 
 And ... yeah, so that was my rant. You must be questioning my 5 stars though, right? 
 The thing is, Houck has a way of turning things around. I felt it in the previous books when I was like ... oh, alright, yeah okay ... and then suddenly I was like HOLY SHIT. And she did it again. It was that whole thing with Kelsey and Kishan; their goodbyes. That really broke me. It was the BEST MOMENT I've read in the series. BEST. BEST. BEST. It was raw and heartbreaking and just filled me with emotion. That moment ... it surpassed all of Kelsey's moments with Ren. Really, in retrospect, the love story should have been about Kelsey and Kishan. It would have been epic in massive proportions. 
 Also, I really liked that Houck maps out her books. She wrote with a clear vision, and you can tell. Even though I've guessed about one of the boys being Durga's actual tiger, I really loved seeing it in print. And that letter - that scroll of parchment from book 3 - it was so bittersweet, so beautifully and hauntingly sad yet also tinged with happiness that you know, I cracked and knew that I had to give it 5 stars despite its' many flaws. 
 This book lingers, man. 
 Kishan lingers.