Murder by Death

Ah, the gang is back in form!

The last book was full of angsty emotions and Relationship Issues, neither of which I find very entertaining.  I started reading Dark Debt and it didn't take many pages before thinking I was in for more of the same; after about a third of the way in, I was starting to feel resigned... and then the story went in a different direction and got really interesting, and I was hooked.  Merit and Mallory are back working together and the fast-paced, hilarious-at-times dialogue between the main characters was back: I was laughing out loud in at least two different places.  Dark Debt became a perfect example of why I love this series.

The Chicagoland Vampire series is Urban Fantasy, but it falls somewhere to the left of grittier series like Mercy Thompson and Kate Daniels and much farther to the right of series' that have a more chick-lit vibe to them.  These vampires are tamed (relatively) and extremely political.  Mostly, the series is a fantastically fun, and often times funny, way of looking at greater issues of equality, inclusion, fear-mongering and their ilk without actually confronting the reader with them by name.

Just a thoroughly entertaining read.