3.5 Dark, sad, and dark. This is not a happy book, there is so much sorrow and loss, it is a hard read. I love and hate these characters. There is full emotional value within Ms. Phoenix's writings. I struggled with this edition, it didn't offer any hope on the next page, only continued unhappiness. Yes, there where some points of light but they were darkened by other issues happening.Dante has been tortured from the day he was born. He has had more unhappiness than I can handle reading without some hope for a change. He really gets hit hard here, some ways he will not even know till the next book. Yeah, the future pain looms on the horizon. EEKKK ! He learns more of his powers and develops some extraordinary parts. He is pure sex on legs and he is broken.I will continue the series to the next book, but hope the author lightens it up.
