Oh. My. God. 
 You guys, this book was so good. 
 So good. 
 I'll admit, I was pretty ambivalent towards Shiver and that almost meant I didn't pick this up. But I am SO glad I did. 
 I mean, the end was a little rough for me, with the way things seemed to happen so suddenly after all the wonderful slow unwinding of the rest of the plot. But still. I'm actually quite upset that I can't go out and immediately borrow book 2. 
 (view spoiler)[Also, oh my god the thing with Noah. I totally called the "I've been dead for seven years" thing as being true, but I was completely floored by him also being Czerny. AH. I actually had to stop reading for a moment just to process that. (hide spoiler)] 
 All in all filled with wonderful twists and turns. I'm totally digging all the magic and mythology as well. And I really enjoyed the ensemble cast--the way it let you slowly unravel the plot and fit all the pieces together without coming off as the ever annoying "everyone knows something you don't know". 
 Seriously recommended, you guys.