i liked the book but i felt that it could have been turned into two books one after Dimitri turned back and one after. i did feel like the first half was more exciting than the second. but i guess there was no other way to do it though. the climax was very intense and seeing it unravel was exciting. the plot twist were very shocking at the end. the character building again was great and world building to. even still the action in the book was really good and kickass.