(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.)

Sophie Lawson may be a mere human with no special abilities except a strong immunity to magic. But the havoc she's wreaked on the supernaturals who come up against the Underworld Detection Agency have earned her plenty of enemies. Still, a girl can't freak out every time a horribly barbecued corpse is found with her business card in its hand. Or see a sudden glut of earthquakes, wildfires and three-headed dogs as just another day in California. But Alex Grace, her favorite fallen angel, is concerned--or saying he is to see more of her. Getting Sophie to see all the signs of the Apocalypse is an interesting way to heat things up. Or maybe what's making everyone hot under the collar is the fact that all Hell is about to break loose...

I hadn't read any of the previous novels in this series. After reading this book, it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you do read Books 1-5 first. Terribly confusing otherwise. I am giving this an average of 3 stars based solely on the content of this story...

I had read a bunch of reviews that said that the first few books were funny, had great character development and slick plots. None of that was obvious in this book. Having said that, the storyline and multiple arcs were pretty well delivered, although it did suffer somewhat from pacing. There were times when I thought the story got a little flat - but, conversely, there were times when I thought that the story needed to pull back a bit and let the story simmer some more.

I am not usually a fan of "vampire romance" novels but this one did have some originality that I appreciated. From other reviews of this series, it seems like that was constant throughout, which makes me want to go back and start from the beginning, just to see if this book makes total sense...because, on its own, it is a little confusing...

Finally, the ending doesn't seem to make a lot of sense, so I am hoping that reading the other books will help bring clarity to that issue.


Paul
ARH