I enjoyed it more than the first one, as I knew I would. I srill think TJ Klune has grown as a writer since, but the issues were still lesser than in Wolfsong.

I lived Gordo as a character and really felt his plight. It was also refreshin  to focus on an "older" (read: not teenager or young adult) queer man, and to do so early on in the series!

I couldn't really get much of who Mark was however - the limitations of the 1st-person point of view. That was more or less sorted towards the end, but once again I was slightly less interested in their romance than in the wider plot. The antagonist (not the one I expected!) was pretty terrifying and the conflict well crafted.

I do like that unlike most romance series, each volume continues the overarching story instead of being its own individual plot affecting only the main couple!