This is a good shifter/witch romance, with a likable couple. It was much better than the first two books in this series, simply because the h was much more likable. It gets 3.5 stars from me, rounded up to 4 stars.
Astra was so much more likable than the heroines from the first two books. She didn't automatically assume that Blaze couldn't be trusted, simply because he was a man. She was willing to give him a chance, and explore her attraction to him. She wasn't even bothered with being his mate, because it appealed to her. I also thought her magical abilities were pretty cool, but I won't give spoilers.
Blaze was the most likable of all the heroes so far in this series. He gave Astra time to get to know him a little, before telling her she was his mate. He didn't push her to accept him before she was ready, and didn't make her think that he disapproved of her magical abilities.
One other thing, and this is minor, but it is a pet peeve of mine. The characters on the book covers should look like the description of the characters in the books. Blaze is described as having black hair and Astra is described as having red hair -- but the couple on the cover both have brown hair. This may not be the author's fault, but it still bugs me.
My rating system is below.
1 star -- Hated it, or did not finish. I usually only give this rating if some of the content is truly objectionable to me, like if one of the main characters does something really awful, and gets away with it.
2 stars -- Didn't like it. This rating usually means that I thought the writing wasn't very good, the editing was terrible, I didn't like the characters, or it had other major flaws.
3 stars -- I liked it, but had some minor issues with it. This rating means that there were minor editing issues, the story needed more character development, it was just too unrealistic, or had some other fairly minor issue. The majority of books I read get this rating – I do not consider it a bad rating.
4 stars -- I liked it a lot. This is a high rating for me, and I rarely give a higher one.
5 stars -- I loved it, and will probably read it again. Very few books are good enough to get this rating from me. The ones that do are usually classics.