One thing I did like about this book was that there was a definite passage of time and it takes place over about a year, as opposed to the other books which seem to cover maybe a week or two at a time. Although, now that I mention time, I did have a question if anyone knows the answer. Tohr says at one point that Wellsie died 15 months ago. But she died around the time that Nalla was conceived, and vampire pregnancies take 18 months and Nalla's been since book six. Is there a BDB timeline anyone knows of?

I can see that the story is also starting to move away from the Lessers and going to more infighting with vampires, particularly with the Brotherhood of Bastards who showed up in the last book, but didn't really do much.

The couple for this book was Tohrment and No'One/Autumn. Her original name was mentioned once, but I unfortunately don't remember it. This was an interesting pairing since when the series started Tohr was happily mated to Wellsie, but she was killed by lessers in the third book, and then he took off, not to be seen again till the sixth book I think?

When he did show up, it was because an angel, Lassiter, brought him back. It wasn't till this book that we found out why. For Lassiter to be gain salvation, he has to help Tohr free Wellsie and their unborn son from basically purgatory where they've been stuck since Tohr won't let go of them.

Tohr does start up a relationship with Autumn, but holds on to his baggage for dear life. One of the other main storylines was the chasm between John and Xhex after he forbids her to fight, well she isn't too happy about that. He also is pretty uncomfortable with Tohr moving on since he also misses Wellsie. Luckily both of the guys do work through their issues.

There was a fair amount of angst in this book, but some fun moments as well. I enjoyed the ones with Lassiter most, particularly when he makes Tohr watch romantic comedies. I think he's sticking around and I hope to see more of him.