I've been enjoying this series so far. This one, though, is probably my least favorite for one simple reason: the characters were inconsistent. I'm not going to go into much detail simply because I don't desire to break down the plot- just know that Alex is kind of an unjustified jerk and then all of a sudden he's good and magical and a cinnamon roll, and Misty is fun and sassy but also more clingy than I, a Very Clingy PersonTM, can handle. Also, I would have liked to see more of the main couples -Zev&Sky, Yves&Phoenix, Xav&Crystal. The last two were the most present, and I missed Phoenix an awful lot. Yet, I also liked the new characters -Terryn is adorable, so is Misty's family, but god damn, Alex's human, non-savant friends were my absolute favorite, and I wish SO BAD that they had appeared more. Even the villain -you hate him consistently, and then you pity him greatly. This thing is a Good Thing.
That said, it makes me only slightly uncomfortable that the Benedicts and all their girlfriends and everybody and their grandmothers are much like my Sims: a squad of perfect people to the point it's unrealistic. Savants aren't like Meyer's vampires- inherently attractive. You didn't need to make them all supermodels, c'mon.
Despite all this, I enjoyed it and I chugged it down. I had a two month ñs slump in which I read no published literature whatsoever (which doesn't mean I didn't read at all, but you know -can't count fanfiction for a reading challenge, unfortunately) and this one managed to get me out of it. Its light and funny and it only bothers you for short periods of time. The savant verse is super fun, and whereas this is not a life changer, it's definitely not a waste of time, either. ( )