I really wanted to like this book, as I’ve enjoyed a lot of Susan’s stories, but I had a difficult time finishing it. As in some of her writings, I really liked the female characters. The males, not that much. Valdier men (much like the Kassis and Sarafin series) in this story came off as overbearing, dominating jerks that were lead by their genitalia rather than their brains whenever a female was around. By the end of the story I really didn’t care for the Valdier as a species and felt sorry for their woman. I’ll probably go on to the second book, just because I enjoyed Cara’s character in the first book and I hope the males decide to get their shit together and stop acting like rabid beasts in heat. C-