On top of that, there are students that aren’t doing so well being in the underworld. One last rescue and the Custodians and the school can handle the rest themselves.įor year two, the whole school is sent to the underworld, and no one knows how to bring it back to Earth, and the wards on the school are not going to hold forever. No thanks yous, no allowances made, no assistance given. If I was Piper I am now fully focused on my guys and our life. I was not a fan of how the book left off. There's a feeling that the men care for Piper beyond her succubus magic and they are all acting more like brothers. He's nonexistent and frankly irritating the first half of the book but then.finally. At least we get a character breakthrough with Kai. Is there no one else in the school capable of saving the day? The adults are worthless. The first half of the book exists in a holding pattern. There was a little letdown from book one to two. But will they all come out unscathed if they risk everything to save the school? Piper and her men fear that the administration has given up about ever returning to the surface but aren't willing to accept that. Students are starting to go stir-crazy or maybe like the rumors say, they are going evil. So far their wards are shielding them but it's only a matter of time before Gavriel discovers them. They have no contact with earth or the Custodians.
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