jim butcher short - preachy and unoriginal. lacking the grit we see in other stories from this series. the end joke was well played. 
 simon r green - fantastic! as always crammed with weirdness and dripping with original. 
 kat Richardson short - Starts slow and becomes so overly complicated at the end the author has to re-outline what she was trying to get across. still, I greatly enjoyed this compared to the yawning bore of her first book of this series. It had a decent well fleshed out plot that kept my attention. Plus, loved the ending and the ghost dog. 
 remy chandler short - interesting idea, very predictable.