Meh. 
 I was so bored through the majority of this book. Bored bored bored. This series just doesn't have the same sparkle that Briggs' Mercy Thompson series has, and if it weren't for the fact that events in this series have repercussions in the Mercyverse, I wouldn't bother continuing. BUT, they do, and I'm a sucker, so there ya go. 
 Part of my problem is the sickeningly perfect relationship with Anna and Charles. I mean, I can only read about a couple making doe eyes at each for so long, and 4 books is WAY too long. Their relationship was interesting in the beginning, with their wolves choosing each other instantly and the adjustments they had to make there, but since then...bleh. Briggs is unique in that she writes about happy couples in both of her series, but that isn't standard for a reason. There's something compelling about a protagonist that is forced to face obstacles on their own, and no protagonist in a happy, healthy relationship will ever have to truly do that, unless part of the obstacle is being separated from their partner. On top of that, Anna and Charles seem borderline co-dependent. We never see them on their own, away from the other, with any interests outside of each other. They don't feel like real people. And seriously...all the talking about babies. It's annoying in real life, and that holds for fiction. 
 Also, I'm pretty tired of how perfectly Anna handles EVERYTHING. She always knows what to say and what to do because she's so PERCEPTIVE and OMEGA and by the way she's also super strong-willed even though she isn't dominant, and we have to be told that 9856 times a book because God forbid Anna has any faults at all. Even in this book, when we get someone like Maggie who doesn't like Anna for no real reason, Anna still understands and handles the situation perfectly. FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS, ANNA, CAN YOU PLEASE JUST BE CATTY ONCE OR ACT LIKE A HUMAN BEING AT ANY POINT IN TIME??? I'd hate her too. Geez. #teammaggie 
 To top things off, we had to read page after page of crap about horses in this book. Don't get me wrong. I love all animals, including horses, but I really don't care about horse shows or horse breeding, and it has no place in a 300 page book. Sorry. And to continually pause the story so that Anna and Charles could go horse shopping was freaking weird. But truly, there was so much opportunity in this book to delve into Native American mythology with so many NA characters (which is one of the things I LOVE about Briggs' books), and it was passed up for...horse breeding. Awesome. Seriously, how about more of an explanation of chindi? Or more about the witchborn? Instead of having Hosteen go pout in the desert for days while Anna and Charles horse-shop, how about we hash that out? Too many missed opportunities for me. 
 So, in summary, didn't love this book and not feeling the series as a whole. It still gets 2 stars because I do like Briggs' writing, and I love the world she's created. I would not be sorry to see this series end and get a series focused on some different characters though.