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 Four stars! 
 I hate that everyone is hating on this book! I thought it was great. BDB is my guilty pleasure. A word on the series as a whole, it's so nice to read a series that has a main romance element along with another story line that propels the drama along. It's so lovely that the women are all strong women, in their own ways. It's so lovely that the men are flawed but always redeemable. It's so nice to read about women who know what they are worth and don't accept anything less! They can be smart, fierce, caring and sexy. 
 On to this book, the shadows have never particularly appealed to me as characters but the book was still good. I live for Layla and Xcor, to be honest. 
 There is the big uproar about people wanting their happy endings and the fact that Selena died in the end ruined romance novels for them blah blah blah. I think that, in fact, the biggest romance in this book is the love between iAm and Trez! That is the love story and it conquered all. I understood that Selena wasn't going to make it and it didn't ruin my day. 
 I'm ready for the next book to come out, I need Layla and Xcor to finally get together!