Less shocking than book 4, this feels almost like an interlude while waiting for what comes next. At the same time I think this book made me laugh more. This series is an interesting blend of the mundanity of a police procedural and the excitement and romance of a fantasy series, which occasionally leaves me feeling like I must keep turning pages, even when nothing particularly exciting is happening. I realised at one point that this is the diametric opposite of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, while having a nearly indistinguishable concept. Investigative magic practitioners clash with opponents of various forms of supernatural being, including spirits, other magic users, and mythical creatures. At the same time while Dresden is an action hero, Grant is just another average officer of the law (more or less - he is a Wizard). Dresden is always one hair from death but carries on like the star of magical Die Hard, while Grant occasionally has to back up and put up police tape - or get carried out on a stretcher and only gets to find out later what happened. In short, this is the answer to the question of what if Dresden was just an average joe. I don't know yet which one I will end up loving more...