Much better than the first! What a complex story that is brewing! There wasn’t one thing I didn’t like about this book. I enjoyed that there’s a bit of an explanation as to where everything is coming from regarding the Elite. The elusive Pride, the leader, has quite a story that not only drives this novel forward but really drove the first one and sets up for the next one. We know that she isn’t the only giving orders to the new Elite members and based on how the one guy is acting (Wraith, I think) I suspect he’s linked up with someone high on the chain as well and we will see a challenge arise.

Both characters are fairly well designed. Mason is....my goodness. He has such a heartbreaking backstory that continues on through this one. It drives this whole series forward and is so powerful, even as its continuing in the present. Every time something goes wrong for him, I wanted to scream at my screen. Megan is oblivious to all this. And I love how she’s the good, proper professor who has a passion for wanting more sexually and is willing to go out and get it. So many times we see the guy be the one to awaken this in the woman, but I love how she initiated it all.

On that note, the romance is much better developed than the first book. There was a better beginning between them that moved into a super hot teacher-student romance. Nothing felt rushed and it all felt well-paced. With Mason’s story leading up to the Elite, plus his task of her, I felt that this novel was well developed, paced, and not rushed.