Debbie's Spurts

This reader's personal opinion, ©2017, all rights reserved, not to be quoted, clipped or used in any way by Penumbra Publishing, goodreads, Google Play, amazon.com or other commercial booksellers* 

This moved very quickly and in a good way what was expected to progress the series.  

POVs alternated between Sydney and Adrian, their romance (and others kicked up), progress made with her magics and breaking the compulsion tattoos, progress with the Strigoi issues, more of Zoe, more of her Dad, ...

Overall, quite a good read.  

A little off how much Adrian changed (sometimes I had to look at chapter titles or he had to be lusting after Sydney to tell if it was his POV or hers).  

It did end on a cliffhanger -- not a fan of cliffhangers but this is pretty far into the series and reader kinda knew where that was going.

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Ratings scale used in absence of a booklikes suggested rating scale:

★★★★★ = All Time Favorite 
★★★★½ = Extraordinary Book. Really Loved It.
★★★★☆ = Loved It.
★★★½☆ = Really Liked.
★★★☆☆ = Liked.
★★½☆☆ = Liked parts; parts only okay. Would read more by author.
★★☆☆☆ = Average.   Okay. 
★½☆☆☆ = Disliked or meh? but kept me reading in hopes would get better.
★☆☆☆☆ = Loathed It. Possibly DNF and a torturous read.
½☆☆☆☆ = So vile was a DNF or should have been. Cannot imagine anyone liking.  (Might also be just an "uploaded" word spew or collection that should not be dignified by calling itself a "published book." If author is going batshit crazy in the blogosphere over reviews -- I now know why they are getting bad reviews.  Or maybe author should take remedial classes for language written in until basic concepts like using sentences sink in. Is author even old enough to sign a publishing contract or do they need a legal guardian to sign for them?)