** spoiler alert ** 
 Okay, so it was very good. I couldn't read it fast enough and still adore the idea of making traditional Tarot cards into real kids with powers. Love the Arcana calls (Crazy like a fox!). But here is why I couldn't give it 5 stars. 
 a) I've read K.C.'s other series, the Immortals After Dark. There's a formula (all romance authors use one). This book was that formula. The first book wasn't, but this one was. Get the girl and the dark, mysterious guy together alone. They begin to understand each other. A secret is revealed. Etc. Guess I was hoping this would be a fresh story, not a repeat of the books I read in her other series. 
 b) It's kind of predictable. I oh so hope that I'm wrong. But Jack is probably the Emperor card. There was a line in this book (Page 222) about the card that hasn't been activated yet, the one that remains dormant until he/she kills one of the Arcana. The Emperor hasn't been mentioned yet, but the "fated" bond between Evie (the Empress) and Jack, has been mentioned repeatably. And now Jack has been taken by the Lovers. He'll kill one, get activated, and have the same "heat of battle" the rest have. They'll have to deal with possibly needing to kill each other, blah blah blah. PLEASE, LET ME BE WRONG! 
 c) The action started out great, but the end of the book switched to romance. I'd wished this series would be more action, more strategy and game playing, less romance novel. 
 d) I didn't know Aric and Evie had been married...but I knew Death wasn't going to hurt her. I knew they'd hook up. Kinda takes away from the suspense. 
 I'll keep reading K.C.. I'll keep reading this series with relish. I just hope it doesn't end up exactly like every other story she's written.