I think this was the best book so far in the series, and the entire series is AWESOME! Want to read a book that shows the extremes in humanity? Then you've got the Humans First and Last group which you are hoping get what's coming to them. Then there's the cassandra sangue, the sweetbloods, which are so abused and innocent they are child-like and the best of humanity. Plus, it seems the worst of humanity is stirring up trouble with the Ancients, which even the Others are wary of...