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 Loved this book. I was a little hesitant to get into this series because until now I have read a series with the same characters in each book and i knew that after the first 2 books Kelley Armstrong starts to shift in different narrators to tell their story. 
 I have still not made it around to reading any of the other Character's books. I'm happy keeping with Elena and Clay's story for now. 
 I liked Elena. At first, it was a little difficult to get a feel for her. I found myself at times wondering in certain scenes if she was being funny, serious, or sarcastic, but I quickly got over that and I appreciated who she was. I liked that she was a strong woman even with everything she has been through in her life. I completely understand her reservations about choosing her life path given the way she was unwittenly changed. Although at times I admit that it didn't seem she was too uncertain more like she didn't want to admit that she loved the monster that is Clay. 
 Clay was possibly my favorite character. You can really see how much he cares about Elena and only Elena. It's nice to see such devotion in a couple (well almost couple at this point). It hurts him that she's gone, but he understands that she needs to figure things out and he waits. 
 I thought the very end was sweet and it really made me ready to read more about Elena and Clay.