I honestly never expected to write this review, because I assumed that Kalayna Price had run away, joined a commune, or had been abducted by space aliens. To my shock, wonder, and (Amazon pre-ordered) surprise, book 4 actually appeared on my Kindle in early February. 
 I had forgotten about it so I delayed reading four until I caught up re-reading the entire sequence of one through three, and I'm so glad I did. The books read much better as a continuous series than as individual installments and Book 4 was the richer for it. 
 Grave Visions picks up where three left off, with Alex adapting to her newly changed nature, and trying to find her place in a world of politics and mystery. The worldbuilding is, once again, superb. Fairy is not usually a place I seek out in reading but this world makes it somehow work, including the ugliness with the allure. 
 This volume eased back a little on the chicklitporn sequences, which was a welcome relief. The primary mystery was sound and added to the story rather than being an afterthought. And the tension placed on Alex and her health helped push the action, giving a sense of needed urgency. 
 No one would argue that the Alex Craft books are literature, but they are heads above most of the Urban Fantasy / Mystery / Chicklit books currently on the market. Relentlessly readable, fun and memorable, I had a blast diving once again into this world. I look forward to number five and hope that the wait won't be nearly as long.