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2012: 4 stars
2020: 3 stars

Rachel is helping the FIB to go after an extremely dangerous banshee. She and Ivy are also trying to find out who killed Kisten. Someone from Rachel's past makes an unexpected appearance, and Al makes her life difficult.

Honestly I'm not sure why I liked this so much when I read it years ago. It was boring. All of the issues Rachel was dealing with often were forgotten about because Rachel kept focusing on the men she was interested in. I'm not sure why but it's damn hard for her to be friends with men. All it takes is for a guy to show the slightest bit of interest in her and she's totally into them. Her qualms about a possible relationship with Marshal (who is boring as hell BTW) were dragged out through the last book and all of this one. As if that wasn't bad enough another possible love interest popped up. I'm sick of reading about Rachel's self doubt and relationship issues. She needs to grow up.

Ivy had a lot of page time. She didn't annoy me too much though. Her and Rachel are much more bearable now that boundaries have been set for their relationship. I don't understand why Ivy is described as a strong badass vampire, and yet she's highly vulnerable to emotional manipulation. Once again Rachel felt bad for Ivy when Skimmer tried to force her to do something against her will, but she failed to recognize that Ivy has used the same tactics on her many times. In some ways Rachel and Ivy are perfect for each other; they both think they've got everything under control when they don't and they've got series issues with low self-esteem.

Al was the only character did anything interesting. He's still a bastard at this point, but he's definitely growing on me. Trent was barely in it which was very disappointing. I like him because he's the one guy that doesn't put up with Rachel's shit. Figuring out who killed Kisten was an afterthought for most of the book. Finally all was revealed at the end, and I am grateful this storyline can be put to rest. The killer was disappointing since it was no one of importance.