4 stars
OVERALL: Loved the steam between our characters as he battles for his sanity and she fights for a change in her circumstances: to gain a body or life again. Lots of good tension and desperation in this book, with numerous close calls to keep you hooked and turning pages!
Content warnings: mental health issues, ghosts, murder, violence, kidnapping, hostage, blood, hallucinations, sexually explicit scenes, language

I really enjoyed this story between Neomi and Conrad. Despite her being a ghost without a body and him being an almost-insane vampire, there still managed to be connection and sexy times. I liked that Conrad was struggling to determine whether or not Neomi was real or another of his memories/hallucinations--this was a realistic element of internal conflict that increased the tension and showed his suffering in a sympathetic way. I felt like I should have considered Conrad evil, from his past actions that we catch glimpses of with his memories/problems, plus his red eyes and what they signal. But he's also our hero and because we see him trying so hard to be and get better, he's a sympathetic character too. Nice and complex.

The second half had a lot of plot, we finally leave the mansion and have some action. I'd been wondering about how Neomi would get a body, and was happy to see the return of Mari from book 3. Duh, magic.
I liked this story and the resolution of their problems, plus we hear a bit more from Nix--she seems to be becoming more involved with each book and consulting/helping/guiding the characters, which is really cool to see!
I will say I found it a little confusing as to who exactly was after Conrad (and for what reasons) and also who he was hunting? I felt like I missed something early on.
Plus the dream demon plotline... I guess it did have a through-line and resolution, but I felt like that was kind of weak, or at least unexplained to my satisfaction.