Rose Drayton lives in a world between worlds. The Edge feels like an early 1800s frontier life littered with current day tech, like cars and electricity, infused with the everyday no-nonsense use of magic. Guns and magic, sketchers and zombies... what more could you want? 
 Rose spends most of her time working an under minimum wage job in the Broken, trying to raise her two younger brothers, Jack and George, after her mom died and her dad left. The Edge doesn't much care for outsiders, unless you're a trader from the Weird wanting things from the Broken. The Edge is a hard place, there are no social services, police force, or military to protect the communities. 
 Jack and George really made the whole book for me. They are pretty much the motivation for everything that Rose does. They get into trouble like normal kids, and they aren't just riding in the periphery of the book and touted out every so often; they effect the storyline and they have their own roles to play. 
 The characterizations were all well done in this novel, except for maybe the villain, who feels a little one dimensional - but that could be on purpose, considering his physical circumstances. I could still feel the tension, due to the hounds, so there was still danger involved. However, I do wish we could have seen Casshorn's thought processes and motivations. I wanted to know what really made him tick. It would have added to the danger for me. Or maybe a few more up close 'n personal altercations between Rose and Casshorn, maybe. I dunno, really that's the only place the story felt lacking to me. Over all, the settings, the characters, the pace, the flow, all really well done. 
 And, as with all Ilona Andrews novels, the writing duo really shines on the action scenes. Riveting. 
 This book was pure entertainment for 309 pages. At the end my only thought was that I wished it hadn't ended. I wanted to continue to live in Rose's world, I wanted to see Jack and George grow up. Luckily, I have book 2, Bayou Moon, to tide me over.