Not nearly as good as the Mercy Thompson series! I enjoyed the novella about how Charles and Anna met, but this story was a bit of a disappointment. I think that I really got to like the Mercy character, who is a strong-willed, funny woman who knows who she is and what she wants. Anna is not this person. She is unsure of herself and honestly, I felt, weak, especially when compared to Mercy. I also felt the story was a little slow, and too convoluted when we got to the climax of the story.