this.........................THIS........................ Was pure awesomeness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
 I was on a serious reading binge today, I literally sat down in the living room ignoring everyone- I swear, when someone spoke to me I would hiss at them like some animal (with Julie Kagawa I am...) I could NOT put this down, especially when there was Jackal *wink wink*. 
 Let's just talk about the perfect specimen to walk the history of literature: Jackal (a.k.a Allison's blood-bro). I was in instant swoon-mode whenever he was talking. I find his bluntness and dry jokes really entertaining and he is just HJSKDHSKAJFHKSAJFGFHSKJghAKJEGHKJEA 
 Whew...... 
 Anyway, and then we have Zeke.... [image error] I like to think of Zeke as a pimple that just keeps popping up i all of the wrong moments. This little shit just kept sweeping Allison off her feet, literally every kiss scene they shared I was laik: 
 WHY NOT SHARE THAT LOVE WITH JACKAL???? He saved you from Sarren's lair and Allison is "Um...Thanks...." I slapped that girl silly. 
 Ok, ok.. I understand they are blood siblings but, do you seriously need to bring that up? At one point, I shipped her with Kanin and thought, "do we have to think of him as the father-figure :(..." 
 But other then that, Allison was so kick-ass in this installment, slightly weaker than the first book. Most of the tension was between Jackal and Zeke, the kind of tension that focused the killing on them. As for the actual I'm-going-to-fuck-up-your-face scenes, they were as explicit as usual. It really isn't a bad thing, but very cringe worthy- especially those scenes with the virus victims, Allison cut them up in ways that were VERY grotesque *AHEM*. 
 I am very eager to begin the final novel of The Blood of Eden, this book AND SERIES deserves billions of stars. Highly recommended for anyone that believes Stephanie Meyer did not kill the vampire genre, and that there is still hope