This latest installment of the Toby Daye chronicles is successfully keeping me guessing what will come next. Not everything, mind you, but I was surprised by several major plot points and impressed by the push to get it resolved. There was never a dull moment. We're finally pulling in some of the threads from the first novel and making a much greater resolution to it. A satisfying resolution, even. 
 Thank god for unresolved issues, tho, because the series is not going to become dull for a time. Ms. McGuire has set the pins up and have knocked them down, keeping the covenant. It has been one hell of a ride and she's only getting better. Great, fun book!