I liked this - it was action packed and plenty of Mircea and Pritkin. I have been team Pritkin along - the tight control of the grumpy mage appeals to me especially now that we know his secret and what simmers below that control. That said Mircea is very yummy in this book and he and Cassie get some nice face time during a 'timeout' but I still have issues with the power imbalance between the ancient vamp and the newbie Pythia, mostly because of all of the vamp power games and the fact that Mircea still tries to exercise his control and treat Cassie as 'servant'. Still the question "Pritkin or Mircea?" is still in play. 
 Coming in I knew that Hunt the Moon ended on a cliffhanger - which is why I waited until the next one was out - so that wasn't a huge issue for me, though apparently the next one ends on a cliffie too so that strategy may have been for naught.