I expected to like this more than I did, since it's not too dissimilar in setup and protagonist to The Dresden Files, which I love. But while I can't put my finger on any particular reason for it, this didn't hold my interest the way Jim Butcher's series does. It has the humour, the geeky/pop culture references, the snarky first person narration, plus a setting I'm more familiar with - but it just didn't gel for me. It's a perfectly likeable urban fantasy, and there were elements of the storyline I found intriguing, but as a whole I found it a little underwhelming.

I see the ratings for the subsequent books go up, so I'll probably give the next in the series at try at some point, but it's moved way down my list.