I love Nalini Singh and I love Kresley Cole, so I thought, okay, they're all friends, they all write the same genre, surely I'll like Gena Showalter. Can't say I do or I don't. I read the whole book, which earns it 1 star. The characters and their torment was interesting enough, which gave it another star. And it has potential, because I'd like to read some of the other Lord's stories. But...did anyone else keep waiting for any sort of explanation? I kept thinking, okay, next chapter, maybe we'll get to learn what's going on. Why she can hear conversations. Why he quiets them. But no. and it's cheap when writers just say...well, they're fated. Puke. 
 Also, none of the revelations were very shocking. I knew almost right away that her boss was a Hunter, the Institute a front for them. It seemed way too obvious. 
 And the only thing A and M said to each other were their names. Back and forth. Ashlyn. Maddox. Ashlyn. Maddox. 
 Still, I might read more in the series...if I run out of other things to read someday.