Janice Y. (jai) reviewed on 3/23/2008 + 310 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

This was a police procedural first of all, except with some unusual types of people as the victims (male fairy prostitutes), the murderer, and the people after him (Connor, the protagonist, and his cop friend Murdock). What was most interesting to me was that Connor is going through a rebirth - he's weak and handicapped (magically) and you feel his frustration at not being able to do things he used to do, but he's learning how to deal with this. He's learning how to treat people better as well. Several of the secondary characters point out that he burned bridges when he was powerful, and now he has to rebuild them. This redemption was a strong storyline and something I want to see more of in the next books. Also because of it, I think we have some strong secondary characters that interact with Connor. The other thing I liked is the strong sense of the place that everything happens. A gritty Boston that I had no problems visualizing. My only complaint was there is so much focus on Connor and it IS from his point of view that we see very little of the villian of this piece.

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