Wanting a bit of brain candy, I picked this one up at the library. The jacket promised a kick ass witchy private eye named Rachel Morgan who practically runs the supernatural side of Cincinnati with her band of merry elves, pixies and vampires. I had hopes of a Kelly Armstrong type heroine and a quick read but alas, I got a plot more convoluted than anything I've ever tried to read.

It took me a solid week to get thru it! Way too many characters to keep straight - charms being created as disquises, pain relief, inertia blockers (to cushion a car crash?) - pixies growing 6 feet tall - vampires that "live" as pretty normal folks that just are a bit strong and like to drink blood just for relationship building until they "die" and turn into the classic sun fearing movie villians we all know and love......not to mention the fairies, elves and werewolves - oh my......

The whole thing went on about 200 pages too long - I labored thru just wanting it to end (I have a thing about making myself finish books I start). I didn't even care if they ever rescued the poor human that turned out to be a lying thief AND the ex boyfriend of Rachel AND a corruptor of juvenile pixies.....really glad I didn't pay for this one!