Token of Darkness by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

Token of Darkness is really just a whatever story. Although listed as a Den of Shadows book, it's pretty well divorced from the rest of the series. There are zero links back to any characters or settings. The only thing it has in common with the rest of the Den of Shadows is the world it inhabits. It doesn't even really feel like a Den of Shadows book, if that makes sense. Like... the feeling I get picking up any of the other books just isn't there with this one.

It was kind of fun getting to see how human sorcerers (those not born with innate magic) dealt with magic and the supernatural in this world. Kind of. It wasn't at all fleshed out. Elementals are apparently a thing. They can be summoned and maybe controlled but... eh. Human telepaths are also a thing... which I think we kind of knew but... again, eh.

Token of Darkness I guess satisfactorily ends, but really feels more like a petering out, which I never enjoy. I'm really not sure what, if anything, is going to end up happening with Cooper and Samantha. It's all up in the air and just... more eh.