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I get what you're saying but I disagree with the conclusion - vampires may see humas as prey because they, more than other TI, feed from them and need them to survive but that's the difference - most TI see humans as a side snack and when they're done, the human is dead. For vampires, humas are like... cows =D, they should be interested in keeping them around, alive. Not really a prey. Domestic animals.

There's nothing inherently wrong with short chapters but this is too much - instead of one tense scene, we get to see... depending on where you start counting, one very important scene was broken into 5 POVs (Vicky, Angie, Grimshaw, Julian, Ilia) that actually overlapped (!!) and switched places and why would someone do this?!

Oh no, the main human is being left alone, the doors are locked, the intuit has a bad feeling, nothing bad could possibly happen when she knows it's coming, right?? I've seen this one before and it's not any more interesting the second time around.

This is the kind of book where the main character is told to "get over herself" and I agree with the sentiment. She is a good main character by several standards but like Meg, she can be a bit too...

WHAT is the point of the "enemie's" POVs??? What?!? You only get to hear their nasty thoughts and language about everyone you like, you get information that spoil any surprise or plot twist they might have caused and when they no longer serve their purpose, you can "see" them get punished, which, being a normal human being, I don't enjoy, the punishment being brutal and usually fatal.

And this!!! What is THIS??? Why are they protecting "the bad humas"?? Risking their lives and their relationship with TI??? This makes no sense.

Here's what bothers me about the setup of not just this book but the whole series/world: the bad guys come with all their human guns and laws and nastiness - Terra Indigene swat them and they are dead. Problem solved. But of course that would make the book last 3 not 13 hours so they make elaborate zig-zigaing that raises my blood pressure until someone can swat them dead. Why? WHY?! There are better ways to do this.

A bit random thought but I feel weirdly proud to know DOA means dead on arrival. English is my second (third?) language and while I think I am fluent, knowing these extra special words like SAC or COD (yes, I read detective/mystery) feels a bit special, like I am moving onto a level beyond a learner or student.

FAST FOOD!!!! LOL. That's a good one. I might be possible damaged by the series to think this is funny but it is.

Ok, but now I have a new standart for describing hot man. Who cares about jawlines and shoulders? Make men into ice cream! =D Or pizza? Or a tall stack of... panckaes. Now that's a describtion of a man I can get behind, LOL.

I... don't like this. This is about the parts I didn't like in the previous series. I think the book is trying to go for a "cor cozie" or whatever was the term, where a human with the help of TIs solves crimes but this... simple and simply bad characters doing bad things to nice people. Ughr. Where's some nuance or depth?

Another MC who won't have sex on page or maybe ever, I get it, book, you didn't have to make the reason so... dramatic and traumatic.

Sproingers - rats - Australia - I was a bit slow on the uptake but you're teeling me The Others can turn into the smiling cuties??? What are they ... Quokka! What an interesting addition and, it seems, an alternative to crows in terms of purpose in a TI community?? Listening to everything? Too small to be noticed?

This feels stupid. I understand what it is accomplishing for the plot, but EVERYones makes a HUGE fuss about Meg and Meg's safety anytime she so much as sneezes or has some facial expression they don't understand but suddenly it's possible for her to get kidnapped. Right under everyone's nose. The book didn't need this part and I don't like the way it's handled.

Officers, we have shots fire and a right truth bomb delivered by a human woman to a wolf. Who took a step back. Damn. It took the author a long time to set up scenes like this but this might be my favourite book of the series yet! The other books aren't bad but this now feels like really good writing.

What in the ever-loving fudge is this? Simon doesn't tell Meg some humans are going to steal food at night and he's going to eat them. Obviously. Now Meg is questioning if she's done something wrong, if Simon is angry, if their relationship is broken beyond repair, if they broke up (not that they are officially dating) - what nonsense overreaction is that? How can she be in a relationship with issues like this???

LOL. How far I have come... From complaining about TI eating humans to laughing at "special meat" jokes. Helps that the victim is Cyrus. Feels right somehow.

This is something I just don't understand - everyone knows Cyrus is "bad" and they are only letting him stay around for Important TI Reasons but people still, in my opinion, pander to him. Giving him food from the potluck just because he stomped his foot??? Monty KNOWS his brother and he still doesn't actually... he reacts, he makes compromises... he tries to save him. WHY??

The wolf kukies!!! The turkey hunt!!! These are the scenes I've been missing!! So funny! So much fun!!

This is such an under-used enjoyable trope for this whole series - seeing the Terra Indigenes interact with humans in... a cute way. Humans reading Wolf Team books and laughing at wolves playing, Simon respecting Berk as a worthy "alpha"... Sad to see it take some focus only in the last book of the series.

I don't wanna jinx it but... I am liking Simon in this part. He is almost not annoying and he is doing some good things for the plot and the characters. A positive force in the book.

I really dislike humans/characters like Cyrus but they also show the unfortunate side of TI's nature - they may be described as predators, I'll eat you if I want to kind of dangerous, but then trouble starts and they are all just... trying to hold on to their tempers. Their danger/violence/actions are not the result of fierness or even choice way too often.

Let me guess, Buddy is a dog or a cat. And he's completely ignoring the part about actual problems between the leaders? I guess Simon is contagious.

Wau, tell me we're in America without telling me this would be America. Ethnically homogenous neighbourhoods, like, say, a Chinatown, making up the whole of Lakeside? Where else could that be?

Yes, this is it! Twila teaching Eliot some manners. Simple and without using force, just teaching basic courtesy by example and with silence. A great character.

Funnily enough, I feel like Twila is the perfect human to deal with The Others. She is not stupid, she is not especially brave or skilled, she is just a mother, a no-nonsense woman who assessed the situation and just does what needs to be done, no fuss, no drama.

Now that's a wonderfully complex question - how can she know what cards to discard? Just because she didn't use a certain card in one or two or twenty readings doesn't mean she won't use it in her 50th reading, no? The only thing that would help is if she can use her tingles to find the extra cards she doesn't need, which would be ironic, to say to least.

Just realized the solution her to not have racism in your book is to insert someone much worse than a human with a different skin. Sounds somehow both true and tragic.

Wau, of course - Simon is angry when upset, nothing new here AND he blames everyone but himself for Meg being upset. I told you to stop making Simon such a guy.

Right, Meg still can't have emotions without Simon thinking he has to deal with them himself and insert himself into her thought process and her emotions. Why is privacy, right?