(I received this book as an ARC, but I also already had it preordered.)

Was I mad when book 16 ended on a cliffhanger? You bet.

Did Seanan McGuire make it up to me (to all of us)? Yeah, I really think she did.

I was leery about how this one was going to go, because the cliffhanger/situation in question touches on one of my least-favorite tropes; it's just an uncomfortable thing for me. But it's handled well and ultimately used to explore sides of these characters we haven't seen before, or have only seen hinted at. At least one gets something very like a redemption arc, which I also appreciated.

Other things I enjoyed: we don't give an undue amount of on-screen time to our antagonist. We get to see some old favorite characters, and they get to impact the story. The ending feels appropriate.

I was left with a couple of questions, though: Where were May and Jaz? Did she say, and I missed it? And Danny?