this book is better written from the previous books in the series. Unfortunately, that is part of its downfall. After getting used to the patterns and logic of the previous books, this book feels jarring and out of place. It feels like it was written by a different author. While the story's "main character" is supposed to be Amun, the book puts a large focus on Strider, even dedicating the beginning chapter to his point of view. Amun and Haidee are supposed to be mortal enemies that have hated each other for thousands of years but that doesn't matter at all in this book. The second they see each other, they're so overwhelmed with desire it feels forced. And despite the fact that in all the previous books, no matter how overwhelmed with want the previous main characters were for their soul mates, even though their distrust for each other was mostly paranoia, they still held themselves back from acting on those desires because of that mistrust. Amun and Haidee do not do that despite having EVERY reason to hate each other. What is the point of the character dynamic of her being the woman who killed his best friend if that hatred gets completely thrown out the window the second they kiss? This story was too insta-lovey and Amun deserved better than that. Strider is also a really interesting character whose romance is being written differently that all the previous characters got. Despite having already met his fated one, the book so far has dedicated no more that two sentences towards his feelings about Kaia and they weren't all that positive. You've made him stuck in a complicated love triangle (he wants Haidee and Zachreal) and none of the characters he currently has feelings for in the book are even the one he ends up with. Despite Haidee not having any romantic feelings for Strider, Strider's feelings for Haidee honestly feel more real and complicated. This is how I expect a character with the inner conflict of feelings for a mortal enemy to feel, not the forced extreme uncontrollable insta lust that's so powerful they don't have brains anymore. We're also seeing more of the creepy not-romance happening between William and Gilly. "the boys at school don't see me as a child" THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE THE SAME AGE AS YOU AND NOT THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD.