I just don’t want you to wake up one day and realize you’ve given me everything because I’m—whatever you think I am, and then it turns out I’m really not.

For the first time over the course of reading this series, I wasn't completely satisfied with the mystery part. All the moving parts didn't fit together as smoothly and excitingly as I've come to expect, and unlike the very previous books, few of the numerous cast members were super distinct. I kept having to look back a few pages and double-check if I understood correctly which person I was reading about.

However, I absolutely, absolutely loved the continuous development of the relationship between Cooper and Oliver. It made me think that I want to read a lot more romance series focused on the same couple, because seeing two characters move so gradually over all the potential pitfalls and always coming through stronger on the other side? It's just so satisfying. I adore how these two keep getting closer and closer, and how they're both making each other better people. Cooper's character growth is all the more apparent in this book, and I'm so here for it. Also happy to see him finally confront the fact that he has PTSD from his backstory events, which has been obvious from book one, but apparently, not to him. Oh, Cooper.

What I also very much enjoyed was learning more about the world of the werewolves, the pack politics, and all the various building blocks of their society. Plenty of super interesting stuff there. And that ending! Makes me certain that book five is going to be really exciting.

All in all, this isn't my favorite installment in the series, but it was still a great read that kept me invested throughout.