Synopsis:
War is coming – and this time, I swear it’s not my fault.

Sol and his reanimated Unseelie army are hell-bent on destroying the Seelies once and for all. Worse, he’s stolen the most priceless relic in this land – Zayn’s grimoire – along with my magic-unleashing gilded blood.

Oh yeah, and Sol’s claim is slowly killing me (though I’m so pent-up, I might actually die of horniness first).

But not all hope is lost. I somehow led the elves through the mountain, arriving at the Summer Palace in one battered, weary piece. Bonus points: I’ve expanded our ad hoc army by two hundred more soldiers – never mind the fact they’re completely untrained, three-foot-tall tommyknockers.

And, for better or worse, while Zayn was busy prepping the castle for battle, my loud-mouthed Jewish mother gained the “support” of our equally-shrill family members. Unfortunately, banshees have the power to predict the future, and our outlook isn’t looking so good.

The only way we’ll survive the impending war is by finding some mysterious “ally” in the most inhospitable, remote corner of the Fae Realm: a ghost from Zayn’s past who will either help lead the Seelies to salvation…or doom us all.

Review:
This was a very sweet and somewhat bittersweet ending to Zayn and Talia’s adventures. I hated how much Talia had to go through but it was neat that she had a true adventure and really had to push to prove her merits and that she wasn’t just lucky because of the blood she’d been born with. I absolutely love the ending; I think it was quite sweet and well done. Probably my favourite in the series after the first book, there were lots of twists and turns that weren’t expected about Talia’s heritage.

This book did use some language that I found interesting as none of the other books contained similar writing. At first I thought that it might have just been a choice for one particular character that appears for the first time in this novel, but then Zayn also used very interesting vocabulary once as well. There was also a continuity error that seemed out in far field with the royal blood being Jaina’s; so one not related to her but related to her husband wouldn’t have “the family blood”. That being said, this was still a much stronger book than the 3rd, and I was quite happy with how the ending played out.

Star rating: ✯✯✯✯