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[This is a (not-so-well-thought-off) Rant. Beware.]

My first reaction when I got this was to squeal and flail like the fangirl I am.

Moving on, prior to the momentous second I got 'Inferno', I re-read the series, and it made me realize some things.

Cherise Gautier is SO ANNOYING. Yes, the female species tend to be emotional(I happen to be one, myself), but Cherise's emotions are just... irrational and exaggerated. Yes, I get it. She loves her kid very much, and it's hard for her being a single parent and stuff. But Cherise is not merely overprotective towards Nick, she's obsessed. And that ain't healthy.

And I get the fact that Nick is the sarcasm master, but must he do it in EVERYTHING he does? Yes, yes. It's entertaining, but there IS a limit to that.
Not to mention the fact that he's a slave to his mother. GAWD, stand up for yourself, boy! Have some backbone! Well. Eventually he did, but still... meh.

Anyways. Inferno was, undoubtedly entertaining. thrilling. and the overall storyline has a lot of promise which made my reactions go to overdrive.
I'll not elaborate on the story, simply put, Nick's growing up and having to embrace his Malachai self more quickly than he thought. And ends up with quite possibly the most annoying cliffhanger that I had ever encountered.
Please note that having read this this quite quickly, I might have to re-read it again someday and alter this review. Nevertheless, I noticed some obvious annoyance that got in the way of enjoying my reading.

The way the plot's written was... confusing. A bit too fast-paced without sufficient elaboration nor description on some parts of the scenes. There was a LOT of jumping (with no hands up whatsoever) from one scene to another that will puzzle you and have you re-read some parts again. And I'm not talking about flashbacks or something like that. No. It's like now they're in the Kitchen, and suddenly they're in the Library.
But still. This is a CON book, and if you read the series this far, you get attached to it and would definitely move on. So it's a forgiven flaw. for now.

For those who follow Ms. Kenyon's Dark Hunter series (of which I merely read the one on Kyrian. Was it the 1st one..?) you will meet familiar characters...perhaps. I'm not sure about the others, but this one definitely has more of a crossover than the earlier books in the series.

On the plus side the characters' development were interesting. We get more on Caleb, some screen time of Kody's has been reduced, but there are a LOT of additional characters here. But overall it's like 'reveal your past and identities' day.
However. I really can't get over the fact that the climax (at least I think it was) was just a few paragraphs. A. FEW. PARAGRAPHS. not even a few pages. NOPE. Like what the f*ck. WHY would you do that??
[don't open this if you're not sure you want too. Because this is a SUPER MAJOR SPOILER(view spoiler)[ How could you just kill Adarian like that?? Not that he's my fav character, but he could have played a more major role!! WHYYYYY??? (hide spoiler)]]
Not to mention that most of the scenes that build it was too independent and just does not have the flow the other books has.

Well. All in all. Entertaining. Very Entertaining. But it has its flaws.
3.5 Stars. (But because I love CON... I give it 4.)