jeo224's review
5.0
Kerr always writes great characters. Nola O'Grady and her family are wonderful, complex characters that you want to learn more about. At least I do ... I read the rest of the series earlier and was waiting for the library to get this one. Unfortunately, DAW dropped this series, so writing the next installment is probably not high on Kerr's list. Worth reading if you enjoy mystery or urban fantasy - or Katharine Kerr. Keeping my fingers crossed that the series is picked up soon by a publisher!
slc333's review
2.0
Somewhat disappointing. I really enjoyed the first 3 books in this series with each one having its own discrete mystery/storyline to solve as well as adding layers to the complex world building and overarching story. Unfortunately this book fell short on the individual story and felt like something of a filler. We have the whole story supposedly about catching the Axeman who escaped at the end of the previous novel but this is not enough of a storyline for a the stand alone part of the book, and it effect only really took a couple of chapters. More time should have been devoted to moving along the peacock angel storyline. Also there was not enough of Nola's family. However, the main reason I give this 2 stars instead of 3 ( which is where I was heading until a certain event) is
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what Nola did to get the message through - I was very unhappy with this as one of the main things I love about this series is Nola and Ari's relationship and I was not at all happy that she cheated on Ari regardless of her reasons. This has really ruined my enjoyment of this series.Spoiler
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