What a story! Not only was the tension thick enough to slice and the emotion and love between the two main characters totally overwhelming, the additional information about how warders, hearths, and sentinels all work together was totally fascinating. Where only glimpses had been revealed before, this book starts to show what is really possible in this world of demon hunters. And I loved the emerging picture a lot.

Marcus is the warder who tells this story, and he was the most surprising one for me so far. My image of him was that the other warders had of him, since that was the only point of view I’d seen until low. Marcus turns out to be one of those ‘still waters who run deep’. There is a level of emotion and a depth to him I didn’t suspect, and only emerges gradually. As if he opened up to the scrutiny that comes with telling a story only reluctantly.

Joe is an amazing guy, but the degree of his extraordinary personality only emerges gradually. It was great to watch him through Marcus’s eyes and to see how Marcus totally accepts him, loves him with everything he is. Joe has fought hard to be where he is, and has not let the fact that he’s blind stop him one bit. He is the one, as is so often the case with those perceived as disabled, who helps others deal with his blindness. After all, he is used to it; it’s everyone else who has to learn how to deal.

This is a tough book to read in places. The story is one of deceit and treachery, there is some tough fighting of demons, and the obstacles both Joe and Marcus have to overcome as their love is tested are formidable. I loved every minute of this emotional roller coaster and would recommend this book to anyone who likes paranormal stories and thinks they can stand the tension. It is a great tale of true love and devotion and has the hot sex between the main characters to prove it.




NOTE: This book was provided by Dreamspinner Press for the purpose of a review on Queer Magazine Online. ( )

3.75 stars ( )

3.75 stars ( )