Tess and her mom go to Las Vegas. Genvieve, became a lounge singer. Gollum and Tess hooked up. Scrap gets to spend time with Gingko but is also held accountable for his past with some Guardians and looses his warts. Found out about Tess' background and some long distant demon blood. Gollum also reveals he has a wife. Tess' life isn't easy as a Warrior of the Celestial Blade. Look forward to reading more! ( )

I don't like it. It has a lot of things I like and find interesting - cons, filks, writers, demonslaying - and a lot I don't - lies and secrets, way too much sex=romance, confusions of motive. Overall it doesn't work for me, especially the ending. She has a Destiny...bah! Stupid too many ways. The standard urban fantasy trope of 'every male is attracted to the female hero', too, is over- and awkwardly used. And ridiculous coincidences - Mickey, for one. She just _happened_ to take his cab? Yeah, right. Authorial fiat because she couldn't have done it without his help. If I run across the first book in the series, I'll probably read it - and _maybe_ the one after this. But I won't be seeking them out. ( )