I admit that I have a fondness for Kelley Armstrong's writing. She has a flair for making her magic seem rational without being mechanical, and in this book, she takes a tried-and-true storytelling formula and makes something truly enjoyable out of it. Necromancy as a plot device has always intrigued me, and this story succeeds in keeping it low-key while still exploring what it can do and how it has to feel to be a necromancer. 
 Of course, I can't get into all of the details about the characters involved, or what's going on with all of them... but suffice to say that all of them pleasantly surprised me, the plotline was as enjoyable as a screenplay the main character might have come up with, and I'm definitely looking forward to reading more in this series.