Heaven's Spite

Disturbing creatures/situations and emotionally tortured characters are Lilith Saintcrow's staple and I love her for it. You want dark, gritty, gore and violence? Saintcrow is your gal. She's not afraid to go the extra mile with details and make Kismet go full out no holes barred on the enemy. The same can be said in reverse as well. I also enjoy that she uses a wide vocabulary and I actually have to look up definitions to some of her words. Something I don't enjoy though is how powerful Kismet is. She needs to have a limit to her power. I mean the girl is torn apart in every book and bounces right back due to the mark. Sure this book starts talking about the effects the mark has on her, but I need more of a handicap than what is provided. If we had seen more effects earlier I think it would have made me enjoy the series more. I do have to say though, the ending of this one...Saintcrow really leaves me craving to read the last book.