Oh, I have so many mixed feelings about this book. The ending has me begging for the next Guild Hunter book. I loved the relationship between Elena and Raphael. She and Raphael are going to fight this together with all the resources they have.This was a very exciting entry into the Guild Hunter series. As the other things the voice has prophesied begin coming true Elena is determined to fight for her own destiny and not the one foretold in the misty past. Elena is also hearing a voice in her head that is spouting prophecy and that says she will have to die so that another can live. While this is all going on and the doctors are baffled, she is also dealing with an attack on her vampire brother-in-law and the recent deaths of other vampires in the Quarter. She seems to be regressing her wings are drooping and feathers are falling out she's constantly hungry yet still losing weight she's losing her ability to talk mind-to-mind with Raphael. The Cascade also seems to be affecting Elena.

The Cascades are also causing physical things to happen like a volcanic sinkhole in a place that never had volcanic activity before and torrential rains in the Sahara desert. The angels are also still dealing with the various Cascades which have been causing new, and probably dangerous, talents to appear. Favashi, who took over China when Lijuan left, is doing some things that don't seem like her, including massing an army on her border. Lijuan is supposed to be in Sleep, though there is some question about how deep her Sleep is and if she is still influencing events in China. This episode in the Guild Hunter series (book 11) is more intimate than the last few.

Archangel's Consort by Nalini Singh