What the hell. This is probably the worst book in the Ghost Bird series thus far. Be warned, there are spoilers. LOTS OF THEM. 
 Sang is still an idiotic, pathetic heroine. The entire book is basically pushing and shoving her into a romantic relationship with the guys. I know that's the point of the series, but the push here is hard, ladies and gentlemen. Kota makes out with her without their lips touching. North has a biting session with her in their undergarments. Nathan gets all hot and grindy with her at a club. Gabriel kisses her neck a lot after she bites him. Dr. (lol) Green kisses her and sleeps with her in his bed. Mr. Blackbourne takes her on a date/stakeout. The entire time, she laments silently that they aren't kissing her. She thinks that they should be making the first move, unaware of the rule that she has to initiate until Dr. (lol) Green tells her about it. Sang needs to mature and grow the hell up already. The whole sheltered, hidden away excuse never flew with me because she readily accepted the guys and their pushy affections after all of her mother's warnings. Sometimes I think she's purposefully obtuse so that her harem will dote on her more. Nathan and Victor even say if she's not within eyesight, she's probably in trouble. They don't trust her to do anything. Sang is the worst thing about this series, which is pathetic because it's about her. Stone cannot write female heroines that you can connect to. Sang is a child in a teenager's body, while Kayli is a snooty, stuck up bitch who has no basis for being the way she is. 
 In Drop of Doubt, I commented on how this series was afraid of women. Well, it's blown up into straight misogyny. Danielle and Marie are bitches to Sang all book. Marie wants Sang gone, hates her, accuses her of trying to steamroll her, etc, when Marie is the one acting like a complete and utter bitch. Shouldn't sisters stick together? But no, if you have two x chromosomes, you cannot be a good person, according to Stone's series. Marie is jealous because everyone loves and wants Sang (LOL), and wants the attention for herself. She does drugs and somehow it's Sang's fault. She wrecks the house with a party and blames Sang. I'm not Sang's biggest fan either, but it sounds so unrealistic and forced. The entire relationship between Sang and Marie has been off to me from the beginning. 
 Next, Jade. Can we say unnecessary drama? She's been dosing people she doesn't like with the drugs from Thief and that's the underlying plot of this book, because no one knows who's doing it. Okay, fine, but the real kicker comes at the end. Jade molests Sang and tries to rape her so that Sang won't be a virgin for her harem anymore. Seriously. I can't even make that up. 
 "You know, I thought it wasn't true... But you really are a virgin, aren't you?" Jade's stunned face swam in front of me. "Never would have guessed." Her fingers curled, reaching down. "I can fix that." 
 What. The. Fuck. This is all because everyone luuuuuuuuuuurves Sang so much that apparently no guy in school will pay attention to any other girl? HAHAHAHA, sorry, I can't take that seriously either. There is nothing alluring about Sang. Nothing. 
 To top this off, Nathan's father tries to kill Sang immediately after Jade tries to rape her. No, I'm not making that up either. 
 The fingers snagged, and wrenched my head to the side, yanking some strands out. My face was shoved against a pillow... A hand collided with my mouth. The sting radiated from a single point where my lip split, and spread throughout my mouth until my bones rattled together... I arched my body up, pulling as much as I could. A hand landed hard against my stomach, pushing me back down.... His fist flew at me, catching me in the shoulder. He pulled it back and knocked me in the side of the head. 
 Yeah, what the hell is going on with this book. Nathan's dad is a drunk who beat his wife until she left and continued to beat his son. Now he tried to attack Kota's mom and attacked Sang while the Academy boys left Sang alone to be taken care of by Marie and Danielle (who both hate her), while she's tied to a bed. Everyone took their idiot pills for this book, I swear. 
 The guys. Well, let me get this out of the way. They're not teenagers. They're thirty year old men who were aged down to be fifteen/sixteen/nineteen. With Dr. (lol) Green and Mr. Blackbourne, this makes them look like little boys playing adult. I get that they have to be younger so Sang can screw them later and it won't be weird, but it still squicks me out. Especially with Blackbourne, because he could be aged to mid-twenties and be put in a much better series. Green is just a huge horndog, hitting on pretty teenagers. Medical doctor, my ass. Anyway, all of the almost kissing with the various guys and Sang drove me nuts. Some people find the scene with her and North biting hot, and I could see how it would be, but she's too naive and dense to understand what she's doing. She thinks that's what friends do. And she doesn't realize that North went and masturbated in the bathroom after their biting session. Derp. 
 This is Nathan's book, and really, nothing is distinct about him that I particularly care about him. However, he teeters on the edge of me thinking finally, someone who isn't a complete idiot and christ, this guy is an idiot. He doesn't think Sang is able to handle being shared. He thinks they're too young to actually be in love. He doesn't think all the guys will be able to share without fighting. Hey, I agree! But then he goes on about how he's the one who loves Sang the most and he's going to run away with her because she's the only one who loves and gets him. He makes excuses for why the other guys don't love her as much or dismiss them entirely (Kota treats her like a sister! Yeah, Nathan, because guys nuzzle their sister's necks while they sit in their laps. WHAT). He's the only one who really knows and understands her (because he read her fucking diary). Only he's worthy enough to be with her. Get off of your damned high horse, Nathan. You don't deserve Sang because you betrayed her trust (which Victor is quick to point out), and Sang doesn't deserve you (or anyone) yet because she doesn't have the maturity to. 
 Apparently the Academy can make new jobs at will? Erica (Kota's mom) is having issues with her new manager throwing her weight around, so the Academy posts a new job for more money where she can organize a filing room all day. Nathan's dad is abusive, so they're giving him a job in Singapore that pays double what he makes now. Why are they rewarding terrible people? Also, Hendricks is embezzling money from the school, which is what the Academy team is really looking into, but they don't know how. There are more vague references to favours, but other than that, we learn nothing new about the Academy. JUST TELL US ALREADY. 
 This book is akin to the lapse in the car wreck, where it sinks in what just happened and people are looking at each other and saying "This is some fucked up shit, bro", just before another car or twelve are added to the pile. The entire thing was unnecessary, ESPECIALLY the stuff with Jade (shudders) and Nathan's dad. I'd give this thing zero stars if I could. Bad, bad, and everyone should feel bad.