A few weeks ago I read Firelight the first book in Kristen Callihan's Darkest London series. Paranormal Romance is definitely not a genre I'm very familiar with but I found myself actually quite engrossed in the love story between Archer and Miranda. Intrigued I downloaded Moonglow, figuring I'd get to it eventually when I have time. 
 ::glances at her iPad where both Moonglow and Winterblaze, the third book in the series, lay completed:: 
 Whoops. 
 Before getting into Moonglow I feel like I need to issue a few warnings. Firstly, I do have some difficulty understanding what constitutes a spoiler when it comes to romance novels. I will do my very best to not spoil any plot points but I consider events happening in the first few chapters to be fair game and might vaguely refer to later events. Secondly, I am going to be mentioning some parts of Firelight. I'm assuming that if you're reading a review about book two, you'll have read book one. Alright, let's begin. 
 So my main takeaway with Firelight was that although I loved the romance between Miranda and Archer and loved Miranda as a character, I found the overall plot behind Archer's "disfigurement" to be simplistic and a bit lacking. Moonglow makes great strides in this regard even though on the surface the plots appear very similar. Both books non-romance plot involve a murder mystery, with some supernatural force killing people on the streets of London. But whereas Firelight's murders revolved around the Archer's mysterious past as his colleagues are found dead with him being framed, Moonglow's murders have much more to do with Daisy. Daisy Craigmore Ellis, widowed and shunned by society is out at a lower class party when her ::ahem:: companion and another one of her friends is brutally murdered by some man-wolf-beast thing. Ian McKinnion, introduced in Firelight as a former friend of Archer's and somewhat of a rogue (okay a LOT of a rogue) senses this attack, knowing the beast for what it truly is: a werewolf gone mad. Rescuing Daisy, he is immediately struck by her beauty and realizes that she is the sister of Miranda. Thus begins his mission to not only protect the sister of his friend's wife but also hunt down the rogue werewolf before it harms more people. 
 Maybe I just am more into werewolves than the kinda confusing half demon thing that was possessing Archer but the plot of the rogue murderous werewolf was very engaging. We learn more about the werwolf hierarchy through Ian, and learn more about his connection to them. There becomes a sense of urgency to stop the murderer as we discover how exactly it's connected to Daisy and why it keeps killing people around her. There was also a nice little twist regarding the werewolf's identity that I was not expecting. I was impressed! 
 The romance between Ian and Daisy was definitely enjoyable. There's a level of antagonistic intensity between them that is quite fun to read. It's the kind of relationship where the two both are really into each other and also really annoy and pester each other. It lends for some truly enjoyable word play. Character wise, I did not connect with Daisy as I did Miranda. Although I definitely appreciate making her similar but different to her sister, for me personally I found her a little too in need of rescuing for my tastes. One thing I loved about Miranda was that due to her fire powers, she had little fear and felt like she was as capable or moreso than Archer himself. They'd work together to solve problems and sometimes she'd save him. Daisy, although just as strong willed, does not have Miranda's fire powers and so physically is not nearly as capable as Ian. Don't get me wrong, I still loved her as a character and the scenes where physical prowess was not needed showed exactly how capable she was as Ian's equal. But the werewolf is still hunting her for some reason and ergo Ian has to be her protector a lot. 
 Ian, however, was great. A literal handsome rogue right down to the Scottish accent. He's definitely more forward with his seduction but didn't ever cross that thin line of "this feel kinda rapey..." It's a hard line to walk but I think Ian balances it quite well. His backstory was also much more interesting than Archer's and the tragedy in his life is more poignant. Of the male leads in the first three Darkest London books, Ian is hands down my favorite. 
 All in all, I enjoyed Moonglow more than I did Firelight. It still had some missteps--I didn't enjoy some of the backstory involving Daisy and her ex-husband for instance--but the complexity of the plot kept me engaged much moreso than Firelight did and Ian was a fantastic male lead. And spoilers, I moved onto Winterblaze and devoured it. But more on that later...