Actual stars: 3,25 stars 
 This author and series was highly recommended to me by MacHalo reading group. So, while waiting for White Hot, I decided to tackle it. 
 This book was not total rubbish. Worldbuilding was great, characters mostly were complex enough and they had depth. While I personally am not a fan of hooking up with the ex- plot, this book was much more than that. I liked Stefan, and how complex his character was. Book lacked humorous banter, but there was enough excellent action to cover for it. Sex scenes were great, they were not too detailed or too overwritten. 
 What I didn't like was how the MC Muse just let other people take control of her life. She showed some balls at one point, but the epilogue showed that she had once again just handed her life over. And I hate characters that are supposedly on the side of good but are simply overbearing control freaks without any obvious reason to their actions. (Adam!) Their only purpose in books is to aggravate the reader, and I hate it. I also can't relate to characters that can jump from one man's bed to another's. I mean, you just went on and on about how (view spoiler)[ this Akil guy has kept you safe and how you love him, and he betrays you, and 24 hours later, you sleep with this other guy Stefan and say the same thing about him? AND he betrays you too. Nice. (hide spoiler)] 
 I bought the next two installments, but I grew bored to the line "You are MINE, Muse" (Which seems to be the motto of this series, seriously) like 15% through so the next installment is on hold for a while.