** spoiler alert ** 
 Why is this one of the most highly rated of all the books in Kim Harrison's very highly-rated Hollows series? On the one hand, something really depressing happens at the end of this book. On the other, the scene where Rachel tags Trent at his wedding is probably the best scene in all of Kim Harrison's books. I think it's the mix of the emotional punch of the death of a major character, combined with the satisfying and very funny arrest of her nemesis / crush Trent Kalamack, that makes people love this book. 
 Picture this: Rachel gets word from her FIB contact that the warrant is pending, so she catches the bus and rocks up to the wedding just as it's gotten underway, elbowing the usher in the nose when he tries to keep her out. She's wearing a black bridesmaid's dress because she refuses to wear the "cucumber-puke green" of the dress that Ellasbeth chose for her, calf-high boots underneath, and handcuffs attached to her thigh holster under the dress. She interrupts the ceremony to stand next to the other bridesmaid, blithely apologizing for her lateness: "I was held up on the bus. Traffic, you know." Trent comes out with an admonishing, "Rachel," and she says, "No, no. Go on. I'm all set." She's just waiting for the call saying that the FIB has the warrant in hand, ignoring the ceremony but watching the crowd, which includes Cincy's finest. When rock star Takata sneezes from Jenks' pixy dust, she mouths, "Bless you." When he mouths, "What are you doing?" she mouths back, "Working." Then she mouths to the ruling master vampire Piscary, "I want to talk to you." Everyone is watching her, not the bride and groom, who are livid. point, Ellasbeth is gripping Trent's arm "hard enough to make her knuckles white." 
 Then Rachel's cell phone, which she has stuffed down the cleavage of her dress, rings. The ring tone is "White Wedding." "Sorry, I have to take this," she announces to the congregation. Takata has his head in his hands, trying not to laugh. Ellasbeth's fury is about to boil over. The demon Algaliarept, currently possessing the body of Trent's old friend Lee, is laughing his head off. Her FIB contact tells her he's got the warrant, and she has a brief conversation with him -- still in front of the entire watching congregation -- about how much they're going to pay her for the tag. Then she pulls up her dress to grab her cuffs, eliciting a gasp from the audience, and announces that she's there to arrest Trent. By now, Al is in tears with laughter. 
 The rest of the scene is so awesome, it deserves extended quotes. 
 "*That's it*!" Ellasbeth shouted. "Trenton, I've put up with your little tart of a witch in my bathtub. I put up with your insisting she be in *my wedding.* But her arresting you just to stop our marriage is *intolerable*! 
 ...Rachel continues to read him his Miranda rights.: 
 "You have the right to remain silent, but I doubt you will. You have the right to an attorney, which I imagine Quen will be calling soon. If you can't afford one, hell has frozen over and I'm the princess of Oz, but in that case, one will be appointed to you." 
 "Trent!" Ellasbeth shrieked. "You walk out of this church and I'm gone. I'm on the plane and I'm home! I agreed to marry you, not this...this circus you call a life." 
 "I don't have much choice--*dear*," he said over his shoulder. "Will you curb your hysterics and tend to our guests? This is a minor glitch." 
 As pissed off as Trent is with Rachel, you have the feeling that, underneath, he's really rather happy to have gotten out of marrying Ellasbeth.