To say I am a huge fan of this series would be an understatement so I went out and got a copy of this the day after this book came out (don't ya just hate bein busy) and I devoured it in a single sitting. I couldn't wait for Izzy and Eibhear's book, Izzy has been one of my favorite characters all along. I gotta say though I was kinda disappointed, the romantic element was a big let down. There has been build up to the Izzy Eibhear story for the last 4 books so my expectations were high. 
 This book takes place ten years after the last one so Izzy is all grown up now and a general in Annwyl's army, Eibhear is part of a unit in Rhiannon's army called the Mi-runach, they are what the dragon army sends in when no one else will go, so both Izzy and Eibhear are bad asses, but we knew they would be. And that would be the problem...see Izzy and especially Eibhear were always the "nice ones" the peacemakers in that crazy family so to see Eibhear as a Mi-runach just didn't really work for me. They had more chemistry a few books ago when Izzy was a kid and chased Eibhear around to braid his beautiful blue hair. We didn't even see "the claiming" and the two of them had endless bickering not conflict so the romance part just wasn't as good as some of the others. 
 While there is a ton of action that had me turning pages to see what comes next, this was also a transition book setting up for the next installments as the children are almost all grown up. The twins are 18 and Rhi is 16 and there were a lot of new characters introduced in this book. The usual snark, bickering and name calling was present and as always had me laughing out loud on more than one occasion I really look forward to the next books to see what becomes of the children since they have all gone in different directions. They were monsters as toddlers so they should make for some very scary adults. While it wasn't my favorite in the series it is still a very good book and as usual left me depressed I have to wait a whole year for the next one.