As always Nalini Singh is a master with playing with words to make you feel and to make you see. There is no power such as love and she makes this apparent with every verse of her beautiful prose.Elana is back among the living. The mortals her friends, her city, her family. She is also still part of the immortal world and she has to straddle the two parts of herself.Raphael still at times tries to control Elana as he has always been powerful, but she never allows it which makes her an equal among those that are of the most powerful.She is understanding more of the pain that her father is in and although he made terrible choices he is real. He is in so much pain that is palatable.This book certainly pulls on the heart strings.To see more of my reviews go to http://www.missiontoread.com