In the fourth novel in Anne Bishop’s New York Times bestselling series, the Others will need to decide how much humanity they’re willing to tolerate—both within themselves and their community...
Since the Others allied themselves with the cassandra sangue, the fragile yet powerful human blood prophets who were being exploited by their own kind, the dynamic between humans and Others has changed. Some, such as Simon Wolfgard, wolf shifter and leader of the Lakeside Courtyard, and blood prophet Meg Corbyn see the closer companionship as beneficial.
But not everyone is convinced. A group of radical humans is seeking to usurp land through a series of violent attacks on the Others. What they don’t realize is that there are older and more dangerous forces than shifters and vampires protecting the land—and those forces are willing to do whatever is necessary to safeguard what is theirs...
I am REALLY torn over what to rate this. I'm extremely frustrated with this series by this point, for very specific reasons, but the book overall was good. Stuff actually happened (though not the stuff I WANTED to happen), and there were many legitimately-terrifying developments.
3.75 stars, with the understanding that the reasons I am most disappointed in the book have more to do with my own wants than the realities of what this series is going to give me. -_-
