Blood and Betrayal by Lindsay Buroker

Hey, look what just came out! The Emperor's Edge Book 5! This time we get a look from Maldynado's perspective and learn a bit about his family. With Amaranthe out of the picture (remember her fall from the dirigible), Maldynado steps up to the plate as leader of the group. Well, rather, he's put in charge. But he rises to meet the challenge nonetheless. There's not much more to say about the book (honestly there hasn't been much to say about any of these past Emperor's Edge books since they're just a continuation of the story) other than what I've been saying before: good book, and it keeps up the quality of the story. The one thing I will say differently about this book (though I believe it applies to Buroker's other books as well, including the ones in this series) is that she overuses the word 'behoove'. Perhaps it wouldn't feel quite so overused if it were a commonly used word, but as it's not, it feels overused. Well, if you've enjoyed her other books I'd say you'd like this one too. Buroker is going to write a sequel to Encrypted next but EE#6 will be coming out shortly afterwards (and she plans to connect the two so I'd say it's almost like the next book in the series anyways). She plans to have them both out sometime in 2013 (I've gotta say, she is one fast writer). If you can't wait that long to hear from more about her books you should like her on facebook--she has contests and updates on what she's working on.