Sundown is one of my favorite DH which is probably one of the reasons I loved this book so much. However I really enjoyed how Sherrilyn added another mythology to the mix of the DH world and the pace of the story was fantastic (I hated having to break up the reading with working LOL). I really also liked how the ending left room for another change in the world because there is another major story arch coming and she has set the stage for it very well. Plus the humor was back and it's kinda been not as apparent with the last few DH books so it was awesome to get back to that aspect of the writing. Great job and I can't wait for the next one!

I will admit I was a little disappointed in this book because it was advertised as the next installment of the Gretchen Lowell series but Gretchen doesn't make an appearance until the very end. That expectation of her being there helped to make this book not as enjoyable as I anticipated. Don't get me wrong, Cain did a good job grabbing you from the first page with the seeds of the larger mystery that you were going to try to figure out throughout the novel and I liked the pace and how it unfolded and eventually came full circle until every end was tied up. However, I feel that it shouldn't not have been touted as the next in the series because of the lack of Gretchen. Archie and Susan are interesting enough on their own (Susan especially since I am always am eager to hear more about her) that it could have been advertised as an case with them. Read it if nothing else just to get exposed to Cain's wonderful storytelling but if you're going to learn more about who is argurably literary's most notorious female serial killer....wait until the next book.

Wow...I liked it I really did but it is reallllly short. Like really short. I would have been mad if I had paid for this but I got it as a freebie before the new season started. I don't want to say much about it since it's so short and I could give something away but if you like the show you'll like this. I still have to read the other books in the series so I can't comment on it yet. Take it to your next doctor's appointment. You'll be able to finish it in the time you wait in the lobby. ^_^

I really enjoyed Leah's voice and the way Allan wrote overall. I found the journey that Leah went through both in rehab and spirtual wise to be believable and well paced (meaning it wasn't instant overnight oh I'm better! Oh I'm saved!) type of deal. This book dealt well with two very hard topics and difficult situations to go through in losing an infant and being an alcoholic. I even liked how it showed the dirty part of getting clean (in Leah being violently sick her first night at the center) and I felt that her journal entries gave us more insight into Leah's character, even if the novel was written as first person and I wish there had been more of them.

However the one thing I didn't like about this book was the husband. He was a completely unsympathetic charcter throughout the entire thing and I found myself wondering why she was with him until the end when you found out about what Leah thought love was. Carl acted selfish, he didn't act like he cared about Leah and throughout the entire book his primary focus was sex. In fact, that's the reason he didn't want his wife to go into rehab was because it "relaxed" her and sex with her was "fun". He was never supportive of his wife in any endeavor and in the brief flashbook with their daughter resented the time she was spending nursing their newborn ("You need to take care of me too"). Ugh...there was just too much suffice to say I have never wanted to punch a literary character as much as I did Carl and that includes Gatsby's Daisy.

It's a good read. It took me awhile to get through only because I had just finished a semi-depressing/horror book and I needed a break with something lighthearted before I could finish this one. I am interested to hear more from the author and would recommend this one to my friends.