Not as good as the last few
595913
I've been a huge fan of The Sword for a while now. Finally got a chance to see them live with Clutch a couple years ago, fantastic show. I've liked the last three albums, one or more of them was always in rotation on my phone. It seems they've "cleaned themselves up" a bit with this latest album. It's missing the raw energy edge of the previous ones. It's not horrible, but it's just not my favorite by any means. I suggest you check out Pentagram's latest if you're looking for something new that has that energy that's missing here.
2306235
I really loved her earlier books but the last two have seemed shorter and repetitive. Not as interesting as the earlier books.
4655347
This is the last of the series that I can say I enjoyed. Even then I thought there was too much running around, and not enough figuring things out by our hero. For a guy who can foreshadow and is allegedly pretty smart, Alex keeps doing dumb things. He's spent 4 books reacting to everything, and at some point he needed to just up and get out of London if things were going to continue to be this unsafe for him and his friends. For a series that started off well and was enjoyable, it's sad that it's merely tolerable by book 5, and books 6 and 7 are just blah. Where most series become more interesting, and the writers become more polished with characters they have worked with over multiple books, that's not the case with Jacka and this series. Every book it feels like he's writing for these characters for the first or second time. The writing itself doesn't become easier to read, unlike Butcher and Aaronovitch became as their similar series went along. This is the last book I bought for the series, and borrowed the next two from a friend. I won't be reading past 7, as it's become more of a chore than it should.
882965
I didn't enjoy this one as much as the others.  It seemed like it wasn't wrote as well.  Ms. Harris appeared to want to get to the end of it in a hurry.  The new characters that are introduced in this one aren't described well and the familiar characters don't form any kind of true bond with them.  The newer characters (were-panthers) that were wrote about last book aren't developed anymore in detail either even though it's were-animals getting shot.  I think the idea of the book was a good one but it was almost like Ms. Harris treated this as a middle book that she had a lot to get accomplished in and was going to do it in a very little amount of pages.  Just too rushed.  You have to read it though if you are a fan of the series because some things get said that I think you may want to know for the next book.  I'll probably continue reading but if this is the way she is going to continue with writing the series then I may not read many more of her books.
419051
Not as good as previous three books in series.  Slow read
524491
It was not as good as the previous release but still quite enjoyable. There were several songs that I liked better than the previous one but overall it wasn't as good.
3904233
I didn't like this one as much as the others..there was not much new character development and nothing really seemed to move forward.  Disappointing, but I'll keep reading to see if it picks up again.  I had really liked the series to this book and this one just fell flat.
1134157
Not as good as his past books.  It took until late in the second half to start caring about the characters.  The last part of the book moved well and I'm hoping the second book continues this way.  I want to wait until I see where the series goes to make a real evaluation of this, but if I was a new reader to his books, I don't know that I would go further.
1628698
This series is getting old, and not quite as exciting as the others...but since I've read the other 10, I guess I will keep going.
4260460
I was so very excited to see that there was a new book by Bojalian and I waited months for it even tho I was 'next in line' for about 10 weeks?  Weird, huh?.  To be honest, I did not think this one was nearly as good as the other 5 I have read.  I was disappointed.
1173246
It has a couple of funny spots, although not as entertaining as previous books. Also as noted by the kids, does not cover a very large time span.  They have been fans for the whole series and were somewhat disappointed with this book. Maybe should have checked it out at the library instead of purchasing.
3342334
I have read every one of these books and while this one was better than many of the recent ones, it was not the addicting funny story we used to get in this series. It was not bad, it was just not good, it was poor in comparison to those first 5-6 books in the series.  I will keep reading since there are some unfinished things that I want to see how it plays out but the humor and romance was pretty much missing.  I think the problem is that it was a pretty good "adventure" type book but that is NOT why we buy this series, we want that humor and quirky romance.  It was not here sadly

The couple of Sarita and Domitian was good but the romance was almost missing I felt.  The story was told with glacial slowness I felt and if I did not love this series so much I may not have finished it at one point BUT it does end up pretty nicely if rushed in comparison to the rest of the book.

Bottom Line:  The story kept your attention for most but not all of the book.  The mad scientist thing is really old but done well enough.  The humor and romance that used to be the mark of this series was almost nonexistent.  I started to give it 4 Stars but dropped it to 3 after considering all the things that we did not get to see in this book.  3 almost 4 Stars.
2184643
Not as good as the other books in the series. I hope the writer is not running out of steam.
975293
I didn't like this book as much as the other two, it was good but the others two are better.
3172596
I've read every book in this series and can see a definite downhill trend. The past few books have been too emotional with the main character, Ledger. I miss the first couple books where Ledger was just kickin ass. Maybe some appreciate the more cerebral trend but I like the older ones.
1611706
Not as good as earlier boks.....drags some scenes out.i do on want to write this. Help me get out of this review!,,,,,,5
2827182
Not as Entertaining as the first Two, or the Last. Has it's moments.