A note about how I review. 
 A 5* book is either an Indie who doesn't have a huge publishing house behind them and needs more exposure (plus they're awesome) 
 Or a 5* book is one that moved me in a way I'll never forget. It's a book I can read again and again (I don't like reading anything more than once). 
 So that means 4* is generally my highest rating for regular big house published books. 
 I wish I could give this one 3.5 but Goodreads doesn't support that. 
 Here's why this isn't a 5* (or 4*) book for me. 
 I didn't like the heroine. Tayla annoyed me. She was irreverent but not in an amusing way. Her problems are believable, so kudos on that. But she's generally not a pleasant character to read. A paranormal romance in which you don't like the main female isn't going to get my highest rating. 
 HOWEVER, the hero is awesome. I dig him. A lot. He almost makes up Tayla's annoyances. 
 And the sex scenes are hot, hot. The plot line and universe are cool. 
 Another thing that bugged me: the shifts away from the MCs to minor characters. It all comes together in the end, and I understand why it was done, but it's jarring in the narrative to jump out to people I, frankly, don't care about. This is a completely subjective thing on my part. Plenty of authors do this and plenty of people read those stories. 
 All in all I enjoyed this story. I'll probably pick up more of Ms. Ione's books.