This novel, and its sequel (the start of a new series), were interesting. The mystery and premise were solid and engaging. My only issue was the steamy, and for the storyline - literarily forced, sex scenes between the main characters. The addition of romance and the occasional scene is fine, but not the 6 page romance novel / omg angst fare every "x" pages/scenes that this included. If this were a romance novel, ok (I suppose*), but this is a paranormal type mystery that didn't require it for the plot, and frankly drew away from the plot and made the novel less than it should have been. I hope the author comes to understand that the story/plot is quite good enough without this aspect -- especially as the series has an ongoing premise that is of interest.

So the tl:dr summary is -- this is a good mystery, if you aren't into steamy and oddly placed sex scenes - skip them, the story is good enough on its own.

* Please note, per my profile caveat, I don't like novels with gratuitous sex / romance for the sake of the scene - as is the case with most romance novels, however as a logical and/or appropriate part of the story its fine. This is only my opinion, you may really like them. ( )