Now that Sabina is out of that stuffy mage building in New York, the series has picked up a bit. Plus, Adam is back and Valva is gone. Woot. 
 There were some parts that seemed to drag and could probably have been condensed a bit, but at least every place that Sabina went had a purpose or a point, instead of her aimlessly meandering around like some heroines do. 
 I figured that Lavinia would finally die and they would rescue Maisie, although with two more books, I'm wondering what will happen now. Maybe they'll be battling Cain? 
 Nitpicks: Wells needs to lay off on the epithets. Calling Adam "the mage" and "the mancy" during their sex scene was pretty cringy. The ending was fine, but the last sentence bothered me. I felt like I had accidentally switched to a Cassandra Palmer novel. That's an obnoxious way to end a story. 
 I very much enjoyed this book and am slightly upset that I didn't bother to order the other two when I ordered this one.