This is the only book in the Stronghold Doms series that I've read, so my review will be based on the standalone reading of it. I loved it! It was fun, it was funny, the dialogue was good, it moved along at a good pace, the characters were interesting. I can easily see myself going back & reading the rest of the series. No doubt if you had followed the series, there would be "value added" for you & at times I did struggle a little trying to fit the relationships together. but overall, well worth the read.