Truthfully, I only finished the first book. I might go back and hit the next book at some point, but well...

Here we have a series about a 6'6" magician living in the Midwest with his mysterious mentor. He has faerie friends who he buys pizza for, drives a very distinctive car, carries an old fashioned gun and a staff, has a vampire sibling and is notable for his snarky wit. No, his name is NOT Harry Dresden, but Asher clearly wishes it were. If he were a bit less busy finding ways to make Vesik parallel Dresden, he might discover that he has the core of a decent and distinctive work of urban fantasy. He might also notice and avoid the cliched mirror description scenes and similar problems.

The saving grace of the first book was probably that it has it's own sense of humor. Hopefully that continues.