Ugh. I hate to rate this just two stars because I have loved the first nine books in this series. But this one is easily my least favorite. I think the pacing felt weird for me. With the other books I feel like I finished them in one sitting and this one kind of dragged. I wasn’t a fan of the hero or heroine, and looking back I don’t think there were any characters that I really felt attached to, where as with the other books it felt like I loved the whole cast of characters. The heroine, Claray was kind of bland. Her quirk is that she’s great with animals but it felt cartoonishly so. And the hero was also very bland. There are hints to them enjoying each others’ company and conversation but it’s mentioned. You don’t actually really see any of it. And normally I love the mystery and feel like 75% of the way into the book I have a few guesses of who it could be. But this time, the villain was just so random and out of left field. I hope there’s more, because I would hate to finish the series like this. A story about Kenna or Payton, or even Alick going back to the Buchanans would be awesome!