This is the ninth book in the Greywalker series. I have really enjoyed this investigative urban fantasy series and how each book focuses on a new topic. This was a wonderful continuation of the series in which the vampire necromancer Carlos plays a large role.

I listened to this on audiobook and the audiobook was very well done. The narrator for this series sounds exactly like I imagine Harper would sound. She also does a great job distinguishing between character voices and adding emotion to her narration. Definitely a series I would recommend listening to on audiobook if you like audiobooks.

In this book Harper rushes over to Europe after getting an urgent request for her help from Quintin, Carlos accompanies her. Quintin has uncovered a plot initiated by his father to take out vast portions of Europe; the whole scheme involves a bone mage cult.

This was a well done continuation of the Greywalker series. A lot of major plot points are wrapped up in this book. I enjoyed that Harper and Quintin were actually both in the story together again.

Harper has grown a lot throughout this series. She's become a very able Greywalker and makes good decisions when she is navigating the Grey. I love that her and Quintin have a loving a stable relationship and trust each other implicitly. There isn't a ton of romance in this book, but I have enjoyed watching Harper and Quintin form a stable relationship with one another.

We spend a lot of time with Quintin's family in this story. Quintin's fathers is causing most of the issues here, so he is in the story quite a bit. We also meet Quintin's sister and niece.

There is a lot of history on Carlos, he features in the story a ton. We learn how he ended up becoming both a vampire and a necromancer. We also learn about his family and wife. The majority of the story takes place in Portugal, so we get to learn a lot about the history of that country and about some of the traditions there.

As I have mentioned before this won't be the type of urban fantasy everyone will love. Richardson has a very analytical and precise writing style, she gives a lot of information to the reader quickly and has a lot of detail. I really enjoy this style and I love how Richardson does research into a new place/topic every book. In this book we learn a ton about Portugal and Portuguese traditions.

Overall I continue to really enjoy this investigative urban fantasy series. All the books in this series have had excellent mysteries with a heavy dose of paranormal/ghost elements. I love that some of the major plot points were wrapped up and am curious to see what adventures the future holds for Harper and Quintin.

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9th and final (probably) installament of the Greywalker series. Richardson wraps it up with an epic battle in Portugal. The entire character arc of Carlos was pretty interesting to me, although I kind of wished she'd left him dead. He is definitely more sympathetic in this book but he's still a monster. Are we supposed to think he's reformed now, or is it just that there will be evil in the world, and he's part of it. I liked very much how Harper has problems in the Grey, with so much history happening there including the terrible earthquake in Lisbon. I liked the ghosts a lot although I did wonder how Harper didn't notice whatsername was a ghost at first. I didn't care much for Quinton's jealousy of Carlos - I mean really, how could he think that? And Harper felt...ineffectual to me for the most part. I was happy that she was the one to put an end to the evil plot, but she gets permanently damaged in the process (Richardson apologizes but I felt like she was smiling when she wrote it). The Danzigers show up one last time, that was okay. I wonder who is taking care of the ferret? Anyway, it's been a pretty good series, but it's fine with me to end it here.

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