Heartrendingly tragic. This story follow Selene, whom we have since only had a brief encounter with. It's always difficult reading a story when you already know that the outcome will be death. You can wish for a happy ending all you want, but nothing is going to change. 
 It was nice to revisit Godspeed briefly before reading Shades of Earth, but to me, I found it to be too brief a taste. It felt a little incomplete, leaving me wanting more. I don't know if there will be any other novellas to fill the story in, maybe to tell us how Kaleigh met her end, but I will disappointed if there aren't.