Many fans agree, myself included, that the writing style of this novel is slightly different from the first three. It's almost as if the first three were a seperate trilogy from this one. We now see that Anita has been dating Richard for a while now and things are starting to get complicated, like what should be the next step? Marriage? Sex? But, if deciding what she wanted to do wasn't hard enough Jean-Claude stalks into the scene demanding "equal time" to date her, to "woo" her. Trying to juggle the two boys and to keep them from ripping out each others' throats puts a strain on Anita's life.
Then, Anita and the Spook Squad are on a case to find a bunch of missing lycanthropes. Add that to the fact that a new vamp named Gretchen is in town and deeply in love with Jean-Claude. She'll resort to anything to have Jean-Claude to herself, and Anita would gladly let her have Jean-Claude but it is Jean-Claude who is doing the pursuing.
Plus, Richard is in trouble with the pack leader, Marcus, who wants him dead. Richard refuses to compromise his morals and kill Marcus like Anita wants him to. This line of conversation is responsible for many heated arguements not only in this book but also in _Bloody Bones_ and _The Killing Dance_. Richard's morals are what cause him to have a conflict with Marcus in the first place because Marcus and his sweety Raina are forcing pack members to participate in porno movies.
Throw in Edward with a bunch of guns, an oversexed were-leopard, and some magic and you have this entertaining novel. And, once again Anita proves that her tolerance for stress surpasses the point when most of our heads would have exploded.
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