I'm a little back and forth on whether this book should get a 3 or 4 star review. I've given it 4 right now, but that may change. Dante Valentine is a talented Necromance. She's able to bring a dead spirit back to converse. She is tasked by the Devil himslef with finding a missing demon from Hell who stole something very important to the Devil. 
 The book starts off right away with Dante being summoned to Hell. Saintcrow does little in way of giving specific background information on the world. The reader basically has to learn new things as Dante goes about her business. There is little explanation. The same goes for the characterization. The story is told first person in Dante's (Danny's) point of view. there isn't long exposition into Dante's life. Instead we get little snippets of flashbacks into Danny's past in order to fill in the blanks of everything she's been through. 
 In part, this is a good method to use to tell the story, but I found myself sometimes confused as to the terminology. This book / series does take place in Saint City, a city in the future. We never find out if it's a future America or where it's supposed to be. There's also a lot of new technology that we only learn about through it's use in the story. 
 Something that made this book difficult to sit down and read was Danny's attitude. She just seemed very angry all the time and not knowing her background before the story proper started there was no connection to her feelings. So I couldn't relate to why she was so angry and it made her come across as bitchy. 
 Japh was a good hero, but I wish things with him and Danny would have developed slower. I think they spent most of the book circling around each other not really knowing what to think and then suddenly there's this attachment. It wasn't completely unexpected, but I think it happened too quickly. But I will say, with the way things ended in this book, I think we'll have a little bit more introspection into Danny's feelings for Japh. 
 Lilith Saintcrow did create a very unique and interesting world with Dante Valentine. I look forward to continuing the series and can only hope that Danny grows as the story progresses. Until Then!