This is an interesting idea. I like the magic, I've always been fascinated by the Greek and Nordic mythologies. I was slightly irritated by the modern setting at first, but the problems of a mage trying to hide in modern America is fascinating, and once Danny made it to Leslie and Marian's home things really started getting more interesting. I was surprised by the amount sexual content in this book, it's significantly more "adult" than Speaker for the Dead, though I think it's a decidedly less mature story in nature.