Yeah. You remember a while back I was muttering about having reached the point with urban fantasies where I ditched them as soon as the obligatory vampire boyfriend showed up? This would be one of the ones that triggered that reflex. Unfortunately for Ms. Harris, I took out a whole stack of urban fantasy books at the same time, and I picked up hers straight after slamming my previous read shut because I couldn't take any more of the vampire boyfriend. So it's good to know I didn't miss that much.
Have you encountered Carrie Vaughn's "Kitty and the Midnight Hour"? That was one I expected to be bad - female werewolf as a late night radio DJ - but was pleasantly surprised: some quite interesting stuff with the werewolf pack dynamics, and fairly understated handling of a bit of angsty backstory that I would have expected to be beaten over the head with. I liked it enough that I have the sequel sitting on my shelf, though I haven't got around to picking it up yet.
I'm also currently reading another urban fantasy that seems quite promising, "The Devil You Know" by Mike Carey. The lead character's an exorcist and so far it's quite intriguing, although right now I'm only about six chapters in.
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Have you encountered Carrie Vaughn's "Kitty and the Midnight Hour"? That was one I expected to be bad - female werewolf as a late night radio DJ - but was pleasantly surprised: some quite interesting stuff with the werewolf pack dynamics, and fairly understated handling of a bit of angsty backstory that I would have expected to be beaten over the head with. I liked it enough that I have the sequel sitting on my shelf, though I haven't got around to picking it up yet.
I'm also currently reading another urban fantasy that seems quite promising, "The Devil You Know" by Mike Carey. The lead character's an exorcist and so far it's quite intriguing, although right now I'm only about six chapters in.