So aside from the horribly sad ending, whose only redeeming factor is that Daemon finally says he loves Katy (which was depressing and adorable all at the same time), the book was pretty good.
Good chemistry between Daemon and Katy, finally some normalcy for them (date night, couple fights, sex, make out sessions, Prom). We get to meet the new Dawson. Dee starts to come around, and Andrew and Ash make huge strides in being less bitchy and mean. Lots of progress. We also meet Luc, another hybrid, who has somehow managed to beat the DOD/Daedalus system, though I wonder if he is somehow in on the betrayal at the end. He hints at it during the last meeting with Katy and Daemon - well he says to not trust anyone with something to gain or lose. Technically he has something to lose by them knowing where to find him...
A few hiccups that were a bit strange. First Blake says he has never been to the Mount Weather facility, then he says he has because he didn't feel the Onyx sprays (which is a horrible but very tactically sound protection for the fortress) last time he was there. So which is it? He also says that Beth and Chris are being held on the 10th floor and then Luc says they are on the 6th floor and Blake agrees. That one is probably just a typo. Also with Katy wearing the opal piece: if it was tied around her neck, why and how was she holding onto the opal through her pocket?
Blake is creepy as usual. Creeping in her bed is taking it a bit far. She should have been more suspicious earlier because she has no citrus scent to leave on her pillow and clearly it wasn't Daemon. Also how was Blake getting around Daemon? Daemon seems a bit more observant than that plus he likes to surprise her. It just seems like he would have slipped into her room more commonly and caught Blake at least once, or prevented Blake's stupidity in the first place. This also leads to the ever present problem of Daemon's hot-headedness, despite how warranted it is. If Daemon didn't always fly off the handle, Katy could have told him about more of the random creepy things that Blake did, which might have prepared them more for his betrayal. And why would Blake betray them? I think he really is just a bad person. I believe he started off good but has let the situation warp him into something not nice where he is only looking out for himself and stomping on everyone else to try to get ahead. It is so sad because if he had been nice or helpful, they probably would have succeeded. Yes a fight probably would have occurred but Daemon, Dawson, and Katy are very strong and with Blake helping instead of trying to hinder them, they probably would have pulled out fine in the end. And why does he think they will just let him go???????? That is crazy. He is so wrapped around their finger that he can't even tell. Pathetic. More proof that he is nothing like Katy. She is a much better person than he is and would never do that to anyone.
I am really curious about this elixir they have concocted to make mutations hold better. What would happen if they injected a human who hadn't been cured by a Luxen, someone who was actually really sick? Would they start to mutate? Would they die? This has probably already been tried since it would be easier than forcing Luxen to mutate humans. That is so sad about Carissa. But who could have mutated her? I was hoping she was actually sick and they just thought she had been mutated, but the more I think about it, the less likely that seems. Also why is hybrid-Simon immune to the Onyx? Seems he must have been mutated by an Arum since they aren't affected by Onxy, only obsidian. That would make sense except Arum don't really have the powers to mutate, unless they take them from a Luxen. But can they use those powers to their full extent? What if a person was mutated by a Luxen but received an Arum concoction? Would they be more Arum then? So confusing. Beth seemed to have an idea as to what they were trying but there really wasn't time for her to explain. Hopefully next book will have more answers.
The rescue mission itself went too easily. Yes Simon showed up and so did the 7 Arum. But Beth was all prepped and prettied and ready to go. She looked horrible last time Katy saw her. Why was she all put together at this facility? It was like they were expecting it, which they probably were thanks to Blake being an idiot. Still, why would they let her go? I also worry that Chris isn't all that thrilled with his bond with Blake anymore. It is possible that he has cracked and gone off the deep end like Blake claimed. It seems more likely that Chris isn't a big Blake fan anymore, now that Blake has gone to the dark side. We shall see. Maybe. I would be fine if we never heard from Blake again. I do not understand why Daemon didn't grab Simon's opal after knocking him out. Clearly those things are helpful. Grab it to help on the way out. But alas, he did not think that through and they left it on Simon. What a waste.
I am sure the next book will shed some light on the big events being planned by Daedalus and how the Arum are benefiting from that relationship. I cannot wait to see what comes of this most recent turn of events and am still horrorstruck that an author could end a book with that kind of a cliffhanger. If I were Daemon, I would take out the entire building to free Katy. And he better. Or someone better. Maybe there will be a group of humans able to help? I don't know and I don't care, Katy had better not stay there for long.
Stars: 4/5
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