carlamo - reviewed on 1/30/2010 + 269 more book reviews

So far, this is my least favorite of the Kitty Norville books. The new characters introduced had no depth - to point that I got them mixed up later in the book - the names just didn't seem connected to the people who were in on the action. Ben is gone for most of the book and whatever happened to him while he was gone was dismissed with a few sentences. New paranormal beings/powers are introduced, but seemed more like an effort to open new avenues for later exploration in the series than something to make this book interesting. Kitty's parents (especially her mother) come across as clueless one-dimensional afterthoughts. And let's not even bother discussing Ben's mother (why should we? The author didn't.)

If you haven't read the earlier books in the series, don't read this one first. It's barely worth it, even if you intend to continue reading the series. This would have been far better as a short story published in some anthology.

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