I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Likable characters, a unique magic system, plenty of weirdness.

There were no talking cats, but having sympathetic vampires and gargoyles made up for that.

I'm very glad to hear that this is part of a series that the author is thinking will go to 10 to 13 books.

One warning: This is the first book that Max Gladstone wrote in the Craft Sequence, but apparently, [b:Last First Snow|23168830|Last First Snow (Craft Sequence, #4)|Max Gladstone|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1411416296s/23168830.jpg|42713969] and [b:Two Serpents Rise|16059411|Two Serpents Rise (Craft Sequence, #2)|Max Gladstone|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1355469010s/16059411.jpg|21846173] occurred earlier in the chronology of the series. I don't know what order a reader should approach them in.