So about a year after Fool Moon we see a few things I was happy to see. Harry and Susan are a couple and, despite his continued struggled to save people, Harry does seem a smidgen happier throughout this book. Let’s chalk it up to Susan having a positive influence on his life. It was nice to see a slightly happier version of Harry. 

At this point I am a few books ahead in my reading of the series so I love the characters we’re introduced to in this book, particularly Michael Carpenter and the rest of his family. Michael is a Knight of the Cross who assists Harry in his missions to save people. We first meet Michael as he and Harry are saving babies from an evil spirit in the maternity ward at a local hospital.

We see in this book Harry’s devotion to his friends and the people he cares about. We know from previous books about this dedication but in this book we see it much more often. With Murphy, Michael, Lydia and Susan in danger Harry nearly dies (a couple of times) to save the people he considers family.  

Harry is invited to a vampire party by Bianca (whom he wronged previously) as a representative of the White Council. Michael goes with Harry and they look to try and find the source of the dark power causing all the ghosts in Chicago to wreak havoc. They find that and more.

We also meet Thomas Raith (a White Court vampire) who helps Harry and Michael at the party but is unable to help by the laws of hospitality when Susan arrives with a forged invitation. We see fairy tricks, many subplots and generally Harry’s terrible luck all work against him and his friends as they are put in a no-win, nearly fatal situation. The question that I won’t spoil here is who comes out of the party alive?