I have been interested in reading about Nick since everything went askew for him back in the Dark-Hunter books. Nick's appearance in Ash's book also raised some questions about Nick's anger and his nature so to get to read about it in his very own book/series intrigued me. 
 I was a little surprised that this book takes us all the way back to before Kyrian's book (Night Pleasures) and mostly that was because I never read the description of the book. What I did like was actually getting to see more interaction between Nick and his mother including a whole new take on the relationships that Nick forges all because his future self decides to re-write history to prevent a lot of the issues Future Nick faced and didn't overcome. 
 Basically, Kenyon has restarted the Dark-Hunter series for Nick's character, changing a lot of what happened to him while trying to keep her other books still in play. Will she end up changing the "history" of previous books? Probably not as she's very capable of writing and story-telling. I was worried a little in this book that Tabitha would die rather than fall in love with Valerius in Seize the Night. Of course, I really think any character that pops up before their book is supposed to take place is going to be safe from harm. Kenyon's new characters to the story (or background characters we are getting to know more about) are fun and sassy. 
 Best appearances of previous characters have to go to Acheron (Ash) and Simi. Simi is always entertaining and fun to deal with. I do hope Nick realizes soon what Simi is or that the relationship between Nekoda (Kody) and he develops so that he never has his life altering moment with Simi, upon finding out about, Ash says something to Nick that is bound by Ash's gifts to come true. This moment changes Ash and Nick's relationship forever while also condemning Nick's mother and causing Nick to seek vengeance on Ash. This was one of the saddest moments to come up in the books and I think Kenyon is looking for a way to change it though I have to wonder if it will happen anyway. 
 Either way, the book was entertaining and fun. Nick is an endearing character who you want to overcome the demon inside him. I would recommend and it is a must read for series fans.