"God is not here tonight," Lada said. "It is only you and me and my knife." 
 This book is everything I could want out of a retelling of Vlad the Impaler in a series titled The Conqueror's Saga. 
 The plot is well paced, and so full that I really struggled to put it down. Because as soon as I finished Lada's chapter and felt I could go to bed, Radu's chapter would start and I needed closure on him but then the chapter would end near a precipice and before his resolved her chapter would go near the edge 
 and it was just the most exquisite kind of torture. 
 And definitely worth the loss of sleep. 
 I adore Lada. She is ruthless and calculating and has endeared herself to me by being so very strong, and refusing to be submissive as people expect. 
 I want her to burn her way through the world and take what they said she could not have. 
 It was the same choice she had faced before, the only choice ever given to her: take what little power you can through a man. 
 How much more of herself would she have to lose to get where she belonged? 
 I was unprepared for how much I would love Radu. I felt for him in And I Darken, but his character development has been so full in this book and his pain so tangible that I just want to commit Lada-like acts to ensure his happiness. 
 Which we had better see in the next book!! 
 The little boy beamed up at him, and Radu felt his soul wilt as he smiled back. 
 I wish I did not have to wait until June 2018 for the next book, but I am also terrified of this series being over! 
 "We owe you everything." 
 Lada smiled. "Do not forget it. I promise I will not."