4.5 for this one. It started off pretty slow. This was sitting at a solid three stars until I got to the last 100 pages or so. (view spoiler)[ My heart hurts right now. How can Dimitri be a Strigoi? Is Rose really going to kill him? Why did this become a thing? Why am I so invested in these characters?!? (hide spoiler)]. This cliffhanger was the worst thing ever, and I'm for sure starting the next book right now because I need to know what happens to these characters.