Awesome read!

I am so blown away by this book! I am always looking for a great storyline, interesting magic system, and of course love interest that will keep me interested and this did not disappoint! I stayed up way too long and devoured this book before heading into the next!

The caste system between the humans, shifters, and magi in this world is appalling. I had to keep reminding myself that it wasn't real. Like alot. The injustices that Mads, Jude and Logan suffered were atrocious. The Ono-Nai clan also had their own hidden scars as well, but shifters fare slightly better than magi in this system. This made it very hard for them (Mads especially) to trust the clan and Cosmo throughout the book.

The bond that Jude and Mads share is extraordinary, but not well fleshed out in how it develops other than it started when Mads was 3 days old. But they are extremely powerful together, extremely experienced fighting taragorians, but it also makes them a target for their superiors.

I did find this book to be heavy on the info dump, but first books in a series can be that way, and this did not bother me or detract from my enthusiasm in any way. Michelle does a very good job of harnessing the readers emotions exactly how she wants to, and many times I felt what Mads or Cosmo were 'feeling' or what I thought they might be feeling. A dual POV would have been cool for this book between Mads and Cosmo.

This was a great start to this series, I'm excited to lose more sleep and continue on to the next book!