Micah is the first novella in the Anita Blake series. It allows Anita to spend some alone time with Micah and also gets her a bit back to the zombie raising that seems to fade into the background in many of the recent books. 
 Anita is a lot to handle, in life, and especially in this book. Her fear of commitment comes to a head while away with Micah, forcing her to voice all her crazy "why would anyone love me?" thoughts. Somehow Anita becomes both needy and distant at the same time. Micah finally starts to show a bit of what he's been thinking this whole time and the insight into his character goes a long way in explaining his calm demeanor. 
 Anita and Micah are in Philadelphia on this trip, but just about nothing of the city is shown. The thing that really made this novella worth the read was that we finally start getting some answers - more than just theories - about what's going on with Anita metaphysically. The news Anita gets will do much to shape future books in the series. 
 Micah is a very quick read, which is refreshing after the long winded Incubus Dreams. The last chapter really makes the entire book and fans of the series will not want to miss it.