Hunter's book, Skinwalker is all you expect from an Urban Fantasy--including the need to create a character and world that is different, uniquely her own, within the UF framework. That said, I'm not sure if I really liked this book, it took me quite a while to connect with or relate to the heroine Jane. By the end I had, but not hook, line, and sinker. 
 Still, I will buy and read the next book in series; some on my favorite series have left me ambiguous after the beginning book. 
 I'm intrigued by Hunter's supernatural "magic" systems. She developed some interesting side characters that I hope turn up in more stories. She did a great sensory job of making New Orleans live and breath. She masterfully wrote in the POV of the shape-shifted animals and balanced varied degree of awareness within the dual personalities--but I'm ashamed to say I don't know if I enjoyed reading those parts and I read for entertainment.