Good gahhhhhh!!! What the hell is up with this series?! I mean, congrats to Pepper Winters because she has my sanity off its freaking rocker with the Hawk family.

I mean, I essentially know what to expect from them, but when it comes to Nila, her emotions and reactions, I'm with Jethro because I'm forever surprised. The heart and the mind are getting all mixed up and I could see this building to a bloody mess (quite literally, not just the cheeky expression).

How does it sit properly in a reader's mind that the heroine of this saga is living in a massive English estate, among her family's enemy, while she pays back debts that are centuries old before they eventually kill her? I know Nila is strictly in survival mode, but I'm doing plenty of freaking out for her because as the story progresses, I keep thinking of what her end result is supposed to be and I'm so uncomfortable.

Even accidentally stumbling across a few spoilers and knowing how some things will play out, doesn't seem to help me sleep better at night for this poor girl. Holy Moses, what a roller coaster. I'm trying to plow through these books because they're of reasonable length, but I can't because the subject matter puts me on overload. I still have four to go, so, wish me luck!