Butch and Marissa weren't my favourite pairing, as from the beginning I felt they just conveniently fell in love - he a former Beth's love interest and she a former Wrath's blood mate. But the book definitely had some cool points working for it, one of them was Butch's chemistry with Vishous and the other was (view spoiler)[Butch's induction into the Brotherhood. I really loved the initiation scene to the point that I considered upping the rating by another star. (hide spoiler)]