By now I'm pretty sure J.R. Ward isn't as much telling a story as just purely writing down what the characters are doing. However, it is also pretty clear that her viewing glass is either somewhat murky or the images are scrambled, because continuation errors start popping up. As the list of words at the beginning of the book keeps going, it's also pretty clear she's building the world as she goes. Sort of like laying tracks in front of a runnig train. Alls fine and good, but make one mistake and you have a big, ugly mess on your hands.
As both the story and the world continue to grow I can totally feel myself being sucked in with it.
Also, Zhadist is completely adorable in a scary kind of way.