I think this has to be my favorite of the series so far. I've always liked Caillen when he's mentioned in the other books. He's been the one I wanted a story on, and I was not disappointed at all with his back story. You can see why he's a badass but can be vulnerable underneath. I really like how Kenyon gives her guys a lot of depth and doesn't make them on extreme or the other. I also have to say that I really like how she writes her women. So far in the series, minus the heroine in Nyk's book (I can't remember her name right now), all the women we've met have been bad asses on their own right. Desideria was no exception. She wasn't infuriating half the time, nor did I want to smack her in the head, and go, "Are you really that stupid?" I really liked her as a character, and I think she's going to rank in my top 20 of Favorite Kenyon's Heroines.

Another thing I have to say is that even though Kenyon is a "romance" novelist, she has strayed far away from using sex as the primary basis of her stories. Yes, it's still in there, and yes the romance is still present, but it is not the sole focus of her stories anymore. I really like how she's becoming move involved with the story, in the League and Dark Hunter stories, instead of relying on sex to sell a book. Don't get me wrong, she writes some of my favorite love scenes ever, but I don't feel slighted because I'm too caught up in the story to even care.