The Battle with the fairies is over, and things seem to be back to normal as it can be. Seph is in the middle of preparing for Beverly's 10th birthday party and building shelter for her new magical livestock (unicorns, dragons and griffins). Johnny, Seph's waerewolf boyfriend has announced to everyone that he is the Domn Lup (King of all waeres), and word of his title has made its way to Romania where all the waere leaders resides. The Rege (one of the waere leader) is making his way to Ohio to witness Johnny's at-will transformation, and to confirm that he is the Domn Lup. With no time to spare, Seph must help Johnny unlock the magical tattoos that binds his powers and memories before the Redge comes into town. 
 The first book introduced us to the world of Persephone, in the second book the main focus was the witches, the third book focused on the vampires, and finally the fourth book gave readers a deeper insight to waerewolves and their politics. While both the vampires and witches' politic were interesting, I was more excited to learn about the hierarchy of waerewolf society. In aiding Johnny to unlock his past and power, Seph uses her great-great-great grandmother slate spell to find out who put the binding tattoos on Johnny. The spell gave them a name `Arcanum' which led them to Pittsburg. In Arcane Circle, Seph receives a visitor from her past...someone she didn't expect to ever see again. The visitor was a big surprise, and what Johnny and Seph find in Pittsburg is even more of a shocker as she find out who `Arcanum' really is. Not only does Seph has all three groups breathing down her back, there's apparently a secret branch of the government that deals with supernaturals `xenocides' and Seph is at the top of their list in the death of Xerxadrea Villeux. 
 I really enjoyed Arcane Circle; it was better than the previous two books which I think suffered a little bit with sophomore syndrome. While the witches and vampires take the backseat in this book, I didn't mind the focus being all on Johnny and the waeres. A lot transpired and again set the stage for the upcoming book, as Heldrige is on his way to see the VEIN council with dire information about Menessos. There wasn't much action as I would have liked, but there were a couple of twist and turns that held my attention throughout the book. Overall another great read, I recommend this series to all UF and PNR fans, this urban fantasy series isn't too fluffy and light or too dark and gritty...it's perfectly in the middle of the two.