So I have to admit that I wasn't really looking forward to this one. Paris and Sienna got too much play in earlier books and I was really sick of emo-Paris. But the new Angel spin off looks good and I heard that there was a lot of world changing events in this one so I thought I should read it.

I'm really glad I did. It started a little rough, still plenty of emo-Paris to go around. I think the first 3 or 4 chapters were dedicated to that. But when Sienna makes an appearance she proves a more interesting character. I liked her way more than I thought I would. And once they get together the emo exits and a lot of the old Paris returns. Other reviewers commented that they thought this was too early and too easy for Paris to just start acting like his old self, but since I was sick of the new Paris, it worked for me. I also thought the way they worked through their trust issues wasn't as easy as all that. What happened quickly was that they decided they wanted to try. I enjoyed the scenes where they were determined to be honest with each other and came to accept each others past and prior poor decisions.

So I was going along, liking it OK when about halfway through the action really started to pick up and I read the last half much more quickly than the first. There are new alliances formed, old alliances broken, enemies who may not be enemies and hints at future couples. It does end with a huge power shift and enough dangling threads to entice you to spend more time in this world. Not every book in this series has been a favorite (although I've liked most of them) but I think that the overall story arc took a huge leap forward in this one and I'm looking forward to the next and to the other series set in this world.