This series is clever and engaging with appealng and funny narrator/ protagonist. The dark side is made palatable .. yet it's realistic and with humor .. as if depredations are so much part of daily life .. endemic! ... that we might just get on with it .. as best we can or haul ourselves out with belief in voodoo dolls and magic and connections made on the street.. I like the authentic (okay maybe too charming) urban life depicted and the story moves quick .. she is put on the case .. and, yes, succes even if it's at personal cost. Right mix for times when ..and maybe I only speak for myself .. I want darkness light but not incredible. Entertaining and true.. terrific series ...