I definitely cannot give less than 5 stars to a book that I was waiting for months to read and when I finally read it, it was actually very good. 
 First of all this book is not exactly about the BEAST. This book is mostly about the family ties and the CHILDREN: the unborn children, the born children, the toddlers, the babies, the teenagers. This book is full of emotions about families being happy together and about families coming together. 
 The negatives (maybe?) in the book: 
 -It is not a stand alone book. It is so complicated and with so many references in previous books that you definitely need to have read almost all the previous books to understand the connections. 
 -There are so many stories going on at the same time that you end up with more questions than answers and you have already start biting your nails waiting for the next book. 
 The positives in the book: 
 -It has a sweet feeling of being invited in your best friend's house, there is a party there and you have the chance to see all your best friends and learn their news. Everybody is invited, everybody has a small or bigger role to play and everybody is happy to be there. 
 -The book is focused in some interesting characters and we get the chance to learn more about them, e.g. Assail (do I dare to hope for his book next in the series?) 
 -the book introduces some very interesting new characters 
 Nevertheless it is a really good-feeling, enjoyable book. 
 God, how much I needed this after 'the shadows'... 
 BUT PLEASE PLEASE PRETTY PLEASE IN THE NEXT BOOK CAN WE HAVE A FULL LOVE STORY FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END WITH A HAPPY ENDING AND A NEW OFFICIAL COUPLE? Xcor or Assail and/or Saxton will do :-) 
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 The next book "The Chosen" will be about Xcor and Layla. 2017.