I read this directly after the first book and I initially have some second thoughts about this book. Its enjoyable, I had a brief Elena+Katherine whenever I read the flashbacks. The author creates a good environment where Ever began to feel displaced from everyone she love and things began to get creepy when she began to self-aware of her ability but Damen began to show weakness which is a mystery. 
 New villain, new plot twits, new secret unfolds. As the story progress Damen seems to have more layers than ever (even more than Bill Compton and Edward Cullen). The author didn't afraid to torture her characters, a trait I love in authors of romance and YA novels. However, school drama often bores me and sometimes in the middle of the story, I am just as confused as the main character. Am I back to the first book? Why he's acting that way? 
 Its a good continuation. The plot works, but it brings confusion since if the author wants to prolong the moment, she should have not bring Damen and Ever together in the first book because its like abstaining for the inevitable and frustration sets in soon after when there's ALWAYS something that wants them apart. Hell, they were just teens. *shook heads* drama.. drama