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The beginning for this book was so drawn out and full of teen angst! Kelsey leaves Ren for no reason at all. She feels that he is too good for her and abruptly goes back to Oregon. Living off Ren's and Mr. Kadam's wealth....all the anti-feminist things really got on my nerves. But it is what it is. So she is attending a college (paid for), living in a house (paid for), and driving an expensive car (paid for). She whines about Ren and goes on dates. Houck seems to line up all these guys that Kelsey goes on dates with, to prove all other men are inferior to Ren. But we can't be without a love triangle, now can we?
Ren eventually comes after her and wants to take her out on dates like a normal person, instead of just making out on adventures. But Kelsey likes Li too, but she is sure to FriendZone him repeatedly and he just can't seem to get the memo. She is the master artist of a tease, lending you on, yet simultaneously saying "I'm not interested." So eventually Li leaves and love triangle over. Or is it? Kishan comes and likes Kelsey too. How predictable. So Ren and Kelsey make out a lot and tell each other stupid poetry crap that made me want to vomit. They both get illogically jealous.

So Lokesh tries to capture all of them and only gets Ren. And that's where it finally got interesting. Kelsey whines about Ren being gone, but she and Kishan return to India to complete the second quest and get another vision of Lokesh,and they hope they can figure out where he and Ren are. The whole quest to find the Scarf started as a little boring, but the scene with the metal birds and the saving Ren part was pretty cool. I totally ship Kishan and Kelsey. He is so cool and much more of a man than Ren. I wanted to give this 4 stars, but the beginning was so terrible and can't Kelsey do anything by herself? Mr. Kadam has to do everything for them. And there were a couple vague parts in the narration, which I felt could have been easily clarified. For example: when Kishan is facing Lokesh, Kelsey narrates it like she is seeing it, but she says it happens in Lokesh's personal office. So how is she seeing it? Also she let Lokesh get away. Stupid. If you want the enemy to survive, don't have the main character (after all this training) do nothing.
And Kelsey acts like a know-it all when it comes to Indian culture, yet we never see her do much research. And a lot of dialogue is "fact dropping," filling up the conversations with so many facts, it feels artificial.
So now Ren doesn't remember Kelsey because of Lokesh or something. This made me happy, because Kishan has a chance (though we know he really doesn't, because she met Ren first). And thusly, I am sure the next book will be full of teenage angst.