I really wanted to be able to give this book 4 stars, or maybe even 5, like I did for Nightshade. The first book, from what I remember, was really good.

This book was just a little too slow for me. Not much happened throughout the entire book. There was a ton of information given out about the Searchers and the "truth" about the Keepers. It was good to learn it all, but it made the book incredibly dull.

The romance was good when it was in there but it only seemed to come from Calla being upset or Shay being angry. I did, however, enjoy Connor's inappropriate jokes. Go figure there.

When the action did pick up I knew I was supposed to feel the intensity of it, but I couldn't come to care too deeply, like I did in Nightshade. A few characters died and it didn't bother me.

Spoiler

And quite frankly, I don't think Calla should have been able to brush off her mother's death so quickly. It was mentioned a few times, and then not brought up again.

Still, I have hope that Bloodrose will be better. Andrea Cremer did promise Ren in a towel, so that's got to at least spice things up, right? As an overall series, I still enjoy it. So maybe I'd give it more 3.5 stars as opposed to 3.