Not as good as Dark Lycan, but better than Dark Wolf. This book was a solid three and a half to four stars to me until the last battle when it shot up to a solid five stars. I will try not to give to much of the plot away, because another review did that, which to me is just wrong, but what I will say is some had an issue with the direction they felt the author was taking the book and the series in, that I have a problem with. Why, because anyone who has been reading this series from the beginning knows this is not a new direction for the series. If those people who had a problem with the direction the book went in will go back and read Dark Demon, Dark Curse, and especially Dark slayer they will see the series has been going into this direction for some time now. Again I don't want to give anything away but it was a good read the two major plot lines were not a surprise because they had already been laid out in other books. I only had one issue with the book and that's the fact that the two dragonseeker women keep something to themselves for two years while living in the mist of the Carpathian that they should have told them, and of course it came back to haunt them in this book, but I found it hard to believe the Carpathian would not have this information after Natalya came into the series in Dark Demon. The fight scene s were well done. The dragonseeker women are strong and not to be screwed with, and the humor in this book was off the charts funny. However my favorite couple in the trilogy remains Fen and Taj. I have to also admit I shed a tear or two at the shocker we got at the end of the final battle, but it was still all good, that twist wasn't nearly as bad as what we got with Riley and her mom in Dark storm. A good author takers her readers on a ride, making them feel whatever the author what's the reader to experience. In this book I went on a wild ride feeling everything from, humor, to joy, to sadness, and loss. This book was an excellent read,this book will be going onto my keeper shelf.