I was excited to start this book, but my enthusiasm waned the further along I read. It's hard for me to describe exactly what it is that I didn't like about it as much. It might have simply been that it featured my least favorite cast of characters yet, with Viole Falushe being my least favorite of the demon princes so far. I guess he was the most human compared to the rest in the way that he had the most immature and emotional motivations for his crimes, and that made him even more detestable to me. I was also not very enthralled with the story mostly taking place on Earth in northern Europe, since I love reading about Gersen's excursions to other planets. For me, the most entertaining part of the novel was Gersen's little stint in acquiring Cosmopolis magazine. And as a side note I was a little uncomfortable with how much every teenage girl was desired by the older male characters, but I also found it unsurprising in this storyline with its themes regarding power and ownership of women. Anyway, The Palace of Love didn't quite hit the spot for me in the same way the previous two installments in the series did, but I am still eager to start the next one.