


The story didn't add anything to Hope or to the series that I needed to know. Hope meets Karl and I like him more here than I do in any of the following books or stories. Also, the reason Claire and Kyle aren't dating is because 12 years earlier her father asked him not to ask her out so she could grow or something and now they're still there waiting on each other? I'm not saying I hated it, but I won't be reading it again. Turns out her body shifts into clothes, too, which leads to the ever-wacky "Claire shifts back into herself and is naked" plotline. In this story Claire got zapped by a something destabilizer and instead of having chameleon skin she can shapeshift. I generally avoid the whole "scientific accident leads to people with superpowers and then superbabies" genre. I had instant hatred for Art (GRR) and it was great to see Kisten again, if only briefly. This makes me wonder if her decision to stop taking blood was a good one for her, and makes me think yet again that she and Rachel are bad for each other. I liked her in this story, more than I like her in the books. Kim Harrison - Undead in the Garden of Good and Evil
