I love Veronica Rossi. Her Under the Never Sky series is a favorite of mine. This one started out good, and I usually NEVER think this, but once the romance was introduced... it just didn't work well in the context for me. Daryn was a cool girl, but I didn't care for the way the romance was introduced. It could still work, we'll see. And Gideon, with his need to protect everyone was okay, but the way he went about it didn't work for me. I'm glad he worked it out with Marcus and I hope he mellows in the next book, because I didn't always like him in this one.