Ok I have been through 22 other Carpathian books, so I know the formula and the way things are. I loved that in the last few books they took on a male narrator and a female narrator. The best to do it in my opinion was Phil Gigante and his co-narrator (sorry I'm too lazy right now to go find her name). But I will say that this book is leaving me a bit annoyed. 
 The female narrator is the dominant narrator as the Riley's POV has the majority of "face time". I enjoy Dax's POV and the male narrator. But somewhere in the 14th chapter I noticed that the female narrator started narrating Dax's POV. I am not happy about that and I hope it doesn't carry on through the book. 
 back to the story.... 
 They seemed to have gotten some of the narrator issues in order in the second half of the book so I won't bitch about that anymore. I do like that Ms Feehan moved away from the caveman mentality that most of her earlier Carpathians had. That shit was annoying and almost stopped me from listening to anymore of the books. I was miffed that Riley went from knowing nothing about her skills and family power to being super woman saving the day with her tricks. The growth seemed like it was too much too fast. 
 Dax was as sexy as any Carpathian can be expected to be. I still can't grasp that this ancient hunter spent damn near 500 years trapped in a mountain with the guy he's suppose to kill and he couldn't pull it off. What's wrong with that picture? But with the help of a good woman and her magic vines he was able to kill the bad guy finally. SLACKER!! 
 I honestly think this series has totally run it's course, but I'm sure Ms Feehan has other thoughts on the matter. And of course like a good little minion I'll snatch up the next book if and whenever it comes out :) 
 Story - 3 
 Narrators - Erik Bergmann & Kristine Ryan 4. I am a fan of Erik Bergmann and in all honesty his Carpathian accents puts him right under Robert Petkoff's & Phil Gigante........FO'REAL!!