The Downside Ghost is a series that get's better with each book for me. I love the tension and drama between the characters, the darkness that surrounds them and the raw emotions between them. The author doesn't use flowery words or feel the need to pretty up the world she has created. Her characters are also very flawed which is quite refreshing. The main heroine is a drug addict and the main hero a scarred thug, not something you find in most books now-a-days. 
 I do find myself skimming occasionally though, through magical set-ups and Church business, but all in all I am enjoying the series and am digging the Terrible Fever. ;) I can't wait to see where Terrible and Chess go from here. 
 I loved City of Ghosts, stayed up half the night reading it and recommend it to urban fantasy and paranormal romance readers who are looking for something unique and a series all it's own but who also don't mind reading about the gritty side of humanity.