Actual Rating: 3.5 
 A little cheesy at times, I understand that the story's more on the romance side, but more character development for the main character would have been appreciated, especially in the advancement of her personality and powers and so forth. Also, didn't appreciate the Duke of Selbourne; honestly anytime he was on the scene, I knew I was about to experience innate frustration and annoyance. "Just take a hint, man!" about sums up what I constantly wanted to yell at him. It seemed like he was there to provide more tension between Helen and Lord Carlston, and not really for any other reason. 
 The story has pretty decent action though, and although the plot is a little slow moving, it is in the Victorian era, so there are manners and reputation to be thought of and a thousand other social niceties that the higher class had to involved with. 
 An okay, even decent, read, but if anyone hasn't read her Eon and Eona books, I would definitely still recommend those above this series (at least, so far).