Finished late last night. Lots of information on how to plan a city and building a house that someone had mentioned on Amazon. Honestly she was a bitch and she really didn't seem like she changed a whole lot after she apologized. It will be interesting to read her sister's story. ( )

This book takes place at the same time as The Storm but from a different brothers perspective. I have enjoyed this series from the start.

Amara is wary of mages they chased her out of her homeland. Yet there is something about the mage Trevan of Nightfall that Amara can’t resist. But can he be trusted with her most fiercely guarded secret? Courting such a pretty yet prickly outlander won't be easy, but Trevan is determined to try. She may be fierce, proud, and from a different culture, but after all, he is the Cat, and none but the most fascinating and challenging of women could satisfy him ( )

Hmmm. I do enjoy it - I like both Trevan and Amara, and the culture clash aspects of this story are great - but it's very explicit (even more so than the others), and...I sort of get bored with it. There are a few interesting sections where one or the other of them interacts with others - Amara and Kelly strike some serious sparks off one another. The bit with the Katani tax collector is rather amusing, too. But most of the book is Trevan awakening the relatively innocent Amara, in explicit and extended detail (and strictly controlled - no intercourse until the last chapter). And while it's quite erotic, en masse it's less interesting than the other books in the series, to me. Still good, though; the series story arc advances a little (not a lot, because that part has to be shared with The Storm, which occurs over the same period) and characters are revealed. Enjoyable but not wonderful. ( )

This series has kept my interest held fast through this book. Not as much excitement but more a clash of personalities still made this a very readable book. I look forward to reading the rest of the books when the 8th brother gets his bride. ( )

from official Jean Johnson website:
Amara of the Shifterai has good reason to be wary of mages, when mages were responsible for chasing her and her sister out of their homeland. Being on the run for so long hasn’t put her in a trusting mood, yet there is something about Trevan of Nightfall—mage or not—that Amara finds difficult to resist. But can he be trusted with her most fiercely guarded secret?

Courting such a pretty yet prickly outlander won’t be easy, but Trevan is determined to try. She may be fierce, proud, and from a different culture, but he is the Cat, and none but the most fascinating and challenging of women could satisfy him. Of course, it would help if she stood still long enough for him to court her properly… ( )