Gladstone has honestly changed the face of fantasy (at least for me) with this series and it's brilliant. I've never seen someone combine the ideas of epic and urban fantasy with such panache and the conceit of fighting epic battles in the courthouses and boardrooms of a contemporary seeming society is genius.
This is, chronologically, the first book in a series that Gladstone has been writing out of order and I can't help but come around to his way of doing it. The narrative might make more sense, plot wise, if it moves in a straight line, but the way that the characters unfold on the page seems to work better in publication order. Maybe I'll reread the books in chronological order and compare.
In my copious spare time. They're certainly brilliant enough to merit a reread.