The 13th novel in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series focuses on the twin Shadows, Trez and iAm. They are a different species from vampires, both of which are unknown to most humans, but iAm and Trez have been living with the BDB for about nine months. Although Trez is fated to be the mate of the Shadow Princess, he and iAm escaped that world many years ago to live and work among humans. They teamed up with the BDB to fight their common enemy, the Lessening Society, but now Trez has been ordered to return to the Shadows to fulfill his duty or his people will declare war on the BDB. On top of that, he has fallen in love with Selena, a Chosen, who provides her pure blood to the Brothers who cannot take from their mates. Unfortunately, Selena has been stricken with a mysterious illness that renders her body's joints to freeze. Other Chosen before her have had this same illness, and it has always been fatal.
I know this sounds convoluted, but if you've read all the other novels in the series it will make sense. The real focus is on Trez and Selena's love story and how they each deal with her illness and his destiny to be the mate of the Shadow Princess. It also deals with iAm and his quest to help them, which holds the real surprise of the book. I was glad to see a side story on Rhage and his
shellan (wife), Mary. He has begun to have panic attacks, and Mary, being a counselor, tries to help him understand them. Hopefully, we'll see more of those two in the next installment. Overall, I liked this book better than the last one, "
The King." 576 pages.
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