It is hard to believe that I have stuck with this series for eighteen books, when I am more of a nonfiction person and not into novels or series books...but here I am. I am committed to this, for better or worse. This just happens to be a phase of the worst, I think. Anita turns down a job raising an exploded corpse. She encounters some boys who want to kill her boy Micah, so she has to do something she does not wish to do to save his life. She uses her magical capabilities to do things to people that are unethical. Jean-Claude has to rush to the rescue. There is, of course, plenty of sex and tedious conversation about every. single. little. thing. Again, an unimpressive addition to the series.