Vicky is strong, fascinating, stubborn, but willing (under some circumstances) to admit when she screwed up or was wrong. She's also kindhearted, generous to a fault, and very protective of hers. If there was nothing else to recommend this book, she would still be worth it. Luckily, though, there's also magic, werewolves (AKA Fenerec), and a shady behind the scenes government run by a Shadow Pope. (Heh. Shady, shadow. I'm punny or something!) It's set in current times, thankfully, but no one says "woot" or uses facebook (privacy, y'all!).

Definitely worth a read and she's on my auto-buy list!