The fifth installment of this supernatural romance series finds Rose facing her long-awaited placement as a guardian. Rose risks her promising future--and her relationship with new beau Adrian--on a chance to transform her first love, Dimitri, back from being a soulless Strigoi. While the pacing of this volume is unsteady, Rose, complicated and feisty, is as strong as ever.

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