Somewhat disappointing. Why Justine's bullshit-o-metre wasn't going off around Packard leaves me baffled. 
 I wanted to like Justine, but something was just off about her. I liked that she was sleuthing behind Packard's back to find the guy who imprisoned him, but her interactions with the Silver Widow and... the other mark whose name I forget at the moment, were so cringe-worthy. I know she's a beginner but watching her fumble around was painful. Justine herself seemed bland and almost impossible to connect to. Also, she almost gets raped, par for the genre. Whyyyyyy? 
 Of course, this wouldn't be an urban fantasy, paranormal romance without (dun dun duuuuun) a love triangle! Packard was obvious Guy #1, but #2 doesn't really appear until later. No, it's not Justine's ultra bland boyfriend, Cubby (what kind of name is that? His last name? God, I hope so), it's the police chief that Justine hero worships all book, Otto Sanchez. Both men are not appealing and I don't know why Justine is all for rubbing herself all over them. I think Packard is deliberately doing something when he lets Justine zing him that makes her panties sopping wet around him despite the fact that he's an untrustworthy douchebag (it's the only explanation that makes sense!). As for Otto, it's some wish fulfillment, hero worship thing with him, it has to be. Justine falling for him hardcore while she's supposed to be "disillusioning" him is so out of left field that it HAS to be something of that nature. 
 I also didn't like the crap with the guy who stole all Justine's dad's money when she was a child, how apparently disillusioning him and breaking him suddenly makes him a better person and everyone ignores things like his criminal record because he's "better now" with no real evidence. What the fuck? I wouldn't let some con artist work for my charity, no matter how much "better" everyone claims he is. 
 The other Disillusionists were great, and the story was promising, so the problem has to be Dull-as-Dishwater Justine and her ridiculous love triangle with Douchebag Packard and Idealist-Yet-Naive Otto.