The more this series goes on, the more sub-stories there are in each book and I think that it weakens each of the stories. This was supposed to be about Manny and Payne, but there was so little to their story and romance in this book. Of course, one of the sub-stories was Qhuinn and Blay. This is the romance I most look forward to, but the more that the author drags out their getting together, the more frustrated I become (and not in a good way.)One thing I am very happy about...there are new bad guys in town! Yeah! I was very tired of the lessers.