I won this book via a goodreads giveaway... which I entered because I wanted to find out what all the hype was about... 
 Ok, so I did like Kate Daniels. But not enough to compare every other heroine to her! I actually liked Curran, Jim, & Saiman more. My favorite parts of the whole book were the scenes redone from Curran's point of view, where his sense of humor really got to shine. 
 The story itself was entertaining, but the book was easy to put down at the same time. I really appreciated the "bonus material" in the back of the book with the character bios and faction information. There was quite a bit to keep track of, and it made my head hurt less to be able to easily flip back and double check what was what when I got confused (Rita Stradling, I would LOVE something similar for the Henchgirl series!). It might sound silly, but I found myself liking the book more once I had a better understanding of the world I was reading about. The world itself is fascinating and unique. I found the gore slightly more than necessary, but, hey, to each his own. 
 For being a subsequent edition by a traditional publisher, there were a lot of errors--so much so that, in the beginning particularly, they were distracting. Missing commas. Missing words. I wouldn't normally bother pointing this kind of thing out in a book review, but I suppose I was just surprised. It'd been awhile since I'd read anything that wasn't self-published, so I was expecting something polished.