3.5 stars

This is dark, gritty urban fantasy. There is no big, epic romance going on. There is a female-female romance but it's by no means a main focus so readers looking for their next passion fix will be disappointed. This is more about a group of extremely world weary people sinking deeper and deeper into their own personal hell, quite literally in some cases. There is a lot of weird stuff, crazy stuff, and flat out gross stuff spread out over lots of tense filled pages as our band of beaten down misfits tries to work their way out of the muck. And the crime lord? Well, he's seen better days too and even though he's a right rat bastard involved in some messed up stuff, I can't help but sort of root for him to get what he wants.