Truly in love with anything Maria V Snyder. In the second "Study Series", so many new developments. There is the biggest, which is the simple fact that Yelena is, in essence, banished from Ixia due to her magic. Valek remains fiercely loyal to the commander so he is still in Ixia, but Yelena is plenty busy. 
 Yelena is finally reunited with her family. To be honest, I truly could not stand Leif and first. As if it is her fault for everything that happened to her and her family since she was kidnapped. 
 There is a new totally deviously, horrid, and twisted new villain. Women are being kidnapped, tortured, raped and then killed. Yelena is drafted/ volunteers to help one girl ends up in the Keep Medical wing. When she comes to discover what the villains motives are, she is determined to race against time and stop him. 
 A wonderful conclusion to the book comes about, despite the fact that Cahil declares himself a mortal enemy to Valek and Yelena. Much to come in the next installment to the series, Fire Study.