I also loved the setting. My boyfriend digs it because it's set in St. Louis, which is where he is from ;)

I enjoy the concept of vampires being citizens, running businesses, voting, etc. I agree with wickedmommy about raising zombies for a living - pretty cool. Also the college degrees, police squads, different types of shapeshifters, witches, fairies, gargoyles, trolls, and other creatures.

It's very disheartening that all that has fallen to the wayside and Anita's sex life has taken over and characters are being assassinated left and right.

While waiting on other books to show up in the mail, I started reading Lunatic Cafe.

It was crazy. All story. No sex (well except for the shapeshifter porno/snuff film).u