** spoiler alert ** 
 Starting the book was a dread for me.. cause I knew Butch was a human here.. and this was gonna go either way.. but come on who am I kidding.. he was bound to be one.. and those surprises that came along.. they were all breathtaking in every sense of the word.. Butch is a force that I respect.. given all that he'd been through in all his life, I found myself crying with him during that moment when the dam broke.. another masterpiece.. Thanks Ms. Ward for such work of art :)