4.5* SMILEY was a sweet book, just as expected. I liked smiley in the previous books and he turned out to be exactly the way I expected. TBH I wasn't too keen on reading about him. I mainly like to read about the more complicated characters like Darkness and Vengeance. I really want to read about Ven and Jericho and hope their books will come out soon. Smiley was a nice sweet book and a lot better than I thought it would be. It had a nice uncomplicated story. Vanni was sweet and without too much drama. I hope there's a book with Vanni's friend Beth, because she really caught my attention. Plus I'd like to know what happened with her and Elvis (why was that kept a secret? is that a loophole to get her into another book? I wonder...) I seem to have run out of New Species books(on the last one) so please, Laurann Dohner... atleast give us a date.. pretty please :)