
They were a breath of fresh air, and gave each of them someone outside of a romantic relationship to hold on to. Anguish and Nemesis’ brother/sister relationship was just what was needed in this very dark novel. I loved that Anguish is now part of the team! He is a lot of times the voice of reason, and the one who SEES things for what they are. I wouldn’t have forgiven her, so Nemesis is a much better person than me. Talk about a 180! I just couldn’t understand why Nemesis kept forgiving her for everything she did, but then that is the burden of a Diabolic, to love fiercely even when they shouldn’t and to protect those they love even from themselves. She went from a sweet girl/friend, to basically the most hunted terrorist in the galaxy. Empress upped the stakes and Nemesis delivered the punch.Īll the characters have layers upon layers of complicated histories–Neveni for one I wanted to literally strangle her on various occasions. In Empress you soon realized that happiness was not something built to last, as S J Kincaid basically ripped our hearts out. It had its moments of devastation, but overall you got the feeling that everything would somehow work itself out. The Nemesis took a long time to reach us, but by the gods was it worth the wait. “What good was a fight without something to defend? Even Diabolics needed love to power our hate.”

I need time–ya’ll are not ready for this devastation. How to salvage a dream, when the dreamer himself had been destroyed?”
