The story surprised me in a good way. I liked seeing the relationship between Tempest and her love interest blossom. The series is definitely in need of a cover change or update in my opinion since they don't quite do Tempest's love interest justice with the way Frost Kay describes him in the book. The King was a total toad, but a pretty crafty villain and well written for a YA book. Also, I would love to see Kay write a spinoff for some of the characters in this book. I know book 4 is based on Thorn so I'm excited, but I'd like to see one for Damien (the sexy dragon shifter) along with others. My only a little annoyance is that we do figure out that Tempest has a living relative and I loved that! I wish we'd gotten that tidbit of information sooner! This was one of my pet peeves with book one. Glad to see her remedy that in this book and loved seeing the relationship between her uncles and her father foster.