I loved this! It has a distinctly different feel from previous Widdershins books: the opening is tense, dark, and dense, and our characters considerably more assured of themselves, for their own betterment or for worse. The tone becomes warmer, lighter, and more hopeful as we progress: Hawk has clearly grown as an author, and it really shows, which is impressive considering how good the previous Widdershins series was. If you ever wanted to know more about the Librarians, it seems that they will be a focus of this series, and I greatly look forward to it. Our narrator’s voice give such richness and setting to the story. Overall, I’m delighted, and almost sorry that I found this book so soon, because the wait for the next Rath and Rune book will be so long.