Where do I begin? I started this series recently and I haven't been able to put the books down. I couldn't even bring myself to take time to write reviews for the first two books because I was so desperate to know what was going to happen next - desperate to be with Caleana, Chaol, Dorian (and now of course, Rowan and Aedion). 
 It has been a whirlwind. 
 Never in a million years would I have thought that the story would progress the way it did. Honestly, I thought it was just going to be 'games' with a romance here and there. But it's so much more. Even from the first book, it's so much more. 
 Caleana is lovely - lethal, sarcastic, funny and deep. And oh I love her! I love how her deadly personality is balanced with her feminine side. I love how she knows that she's good, and not written with insecurities such as, I'm so ugly that he won't like me and blablabla (you know, the usual YA stuff). All that she is makes logical sense. And I love her. Her fears, her arrogance, her attitude, her vulnerability... she's real. 
 Don't even get me started about the men in her life. They're all so different and so epic! And then we have Manon, who is a kick-ass Blackbeak witch (who is developing a heart), and we have Asterin and the rest of Manon's thirteen. We have Abraxos. We have so many characters to love and root for! 
 We have a Queen who is finally embracing her birth right. 
 And it is glorious to behold.