It's rare to follow a series for 13 novels and have it end in such a satisfying and amazing way that also still managed to avoid being completely predictable. 
 Coming back later to write a full review - it's crazy to think that I've been reading Kim Harrison for more than a decade now! 
 I really have to laugh at the 27 one star reviews...after 13 books, I guess it's obvious that there are some die-hard Al shippers or people who just never forgave Trent's whole turning Rachel into an animal from book 1. 
 Still, after the total, inexplicable devolution of most long-running series that really shaped my reading expectations and experiences (*cough cough* Laurell K Hamilton - what is she on now, the Grandmother of All Darkness and unicorns? - and Charlaine Harris), it was such a relief that Kim Harrison did not disappoint.