I have a conflicting enjoyment of Carlos' character. I'm not sure why I like him and not other more "positive" male characters in urban fantasy (like Rick, from the Jane Yellowrock series). Maybe it's because he's upfront about what a horrible person (humanoid, whichever) he is. Honesty has to count for something, right?

I really loved the psychological element to this plotline - I did not know about the Philip experiments prior to reading Poltergeist. I was inspired to look it up and probably spent just as much time researching it and related items as I did reading this novel.

So stubborn! Why do all these female heroines in urban fantasy have to be ridiculously stubborn to the point of causing MORE problems for themselves? (I'm looking at you, Jo Walker). A natural sense of caution is good to have, but when all the evidence is literally throwing itself at you, you may as well just start believing.

Reading the next book more for Quinton and less for Harper. She doesn't seem to be a fully realized character for me yet. I have hopes that she'll grow on me.

I'm glad that Will is out and Quinton is in. I really enjoy this type of love interest - nerdy, smart and not at all pushy. The fact that he has a ~mysterious~ past is also thrown out the window in the interest of disclosure to main character so that she is not constantly left in the dark (well, any more than usual).

I absolutely loved this book as a kid. It was subject to many rereads. In fact, I may very well need to pick it up again now.

I really enjoyed this. I love medical dramas and I love urban fantasy, so I was already pumped to read it. It was definitely a much more realistic take on how the world would work if these creatures existed, very gritty and disgusting at some parts. The descriptions of the zombies were probably my favorite part, definitely a lot different than you would expect from Hollywood portrayals of them.

I started skimming less than half-way through. It was okay and that's the highest praise I can give it. The stories that involve Simon asking for designs for free or his son speaking were probably some of the only funny ones.