I didn’t realize this was the second book in the series when I requested this, so I was a bit confused when we jumped right into the action. It took a little bit, but I did get up to speed on the characters and the universe. Sloan is a great kick-butt character, and she makes no bones about the fact that she doesn’t take any lip from anyone. A must-mention is that sometimes it seemed the transition from one scene to another was almost non-existent, and I was thrown for a loop when that happened. It could have just been the formatting of my e-book. This was an excellent urban fantasy, and I’m going to go back and read the first one before I read the, hopefully, third. Recommend. I was provided a complimentary copy which I voluntarily reviewed.

This eARC was provided by Netgalley.com and I am giving an unbiased review.

When I came across this book on Netgalley.com, I paused. The cover art was nice, title catchy, story plot interesting -and the author name...hilarious! I couldn't believe someone would (and could) publish under such a pseudonym. I had to find out more about this author, as I see from the story info that this is a second book. I found her website, and knew I just had to request and read this book (regardless it being a second in a series).

I read it as a stand-alone, and though there were some references to earlier events (I assume from book one) they were easily explained in short, so that this story could move on. I liked seeing a female character that shows determination, and a 'take no names' type attitude. So many I read about nowadays seem to be timid, 'oh did I do that' types, that just doesn't fit the model of character I would expect. As the main character being an AUSA, I thought the story idea was brilliant, and showed enough knowledge of that field of work it was believable to actually have a legal department to prosecute and hold accountable the vampires, and more, that exist.

I did feel a little lost at first with the use of veeri and vedma for vampires and witches, but after awhile was easily acclimated to it. I feel the author has created a nice world and environment that her characters easily were written into. The storyline was completely believable, and I look forward to a few more books in this series.