it has been many years, and i am so very sorry, but i really do not think i will continue on with this series - even though i have loved so much from sebastien in the past! thank you so very much <3

I cried during this book. Are you even really surprised at this point? This series manages to wring all the tears, joy, and heartbreak out of me. The characters became parts of your heart. Each of them representing a different shard. Kellen's fierce loyalty to his friends, the way Feirus shaped Kellen, and Reichis and his fire. There's more than one thing to love about each of them, as Kellen continues on his quest to understand and cure his shadow black.

And the characters are only really deepened in Soulbinder. In books one through three, Kellen always had Feirus and there seemed to always be a get out of jail free card. But now Kellen's on his own again - except with Reichis is anyone really ever alone. And what makes this series so tender, so emotional, so endearing, is that Kellen would do whatever it took to protect his friends, leaving them, lying to them, and the feeling is mutual.