Taking off from the ending of Charmeine, as a reader, you are whisked away into the bliss of Tabbruis and Charmeine and their deep love for one another. Such compassion and reverence for each other, you just have to wonder how they will ever function in the world. They seem to be so passionately occupied with each other. While reading, I visualize the melting and glowing that encases the room whenever they enter. They soon find out that Shane is more than just a great friend of Charmeine and that her motherly tendencies ran deeper than she had originally thought when it came to their friendship. With the power and the money flowing freely, Shane is able to get his girlfriend back into the picture and the foursome have some remarkable tales to tell around the kitchen table which now seems to be getting quite full. With Neal, Dmitri, Thomas and the two couples there are some great stories to be told and you get your share of them in this novel but let’s not forget that we are dealing with the Blood-Hunters and the Light-Bearers for which trouble still brews. For once in her life, Charmeine feels happy and content and wants to relax and enjoy life, yet with her being a Light-Bearer and her mission there is other things she must accomplish. There is tension in the air as we close out the novel as their unknown future hangs in the air and yet the compassion still runs deep as their lives are just beginning. Can love handle the test of time and war?
