This was a haunting and terrifying yet beautiful book! Very Gothic feel. I just felt the darkness around me as I read.

Violeta does what she can to help her brother Arien try to control his dark, shadow power but when they are caught by the Lord (known as the Monster of Lakesedge) Rowan.... They are whisked away to his dark house on the shores of a darkened lake where he's rumored to have killed his whole family.

But Rowan needs them. He needs Arien's shadow power to help unbind him from the curse of the lake. But they will learn that all things come at a very dear price.

I said before, this was a book that I felt like I was surrounded by darkness while reading. It kept me turning pages with some very nice twists. I loved that Leta finds Rowan to not be the monster everyone says he is. She gets him to bare his secrets to get and they draw close. I liked the little slow burn romance sparking between them. I can't wait to see where book 2 takes us.....I need to know what's going on after that cliffhanger!