This one is fun. The characters are all likeable. Breaking the plot into case studies is a great idea for someone like Derr, who excels at short stories and is less good at maintaining tension throughout a novel.Derr is a master at the "bait-and-switch" when it comes to romantic interests. You are SURE the love interest is one person and then SURPRISE! It's someone else. I love that.LOVED Bergrin, loved the snarky bickering between him and Johnnie, and I love Johnnie's father. I wish we could see a novel about him. Sometimes Derr's plot climaxes falter in novels but this one was smooth and wrapped up nicely.Probably my favorite of this series and a good one to start with.I do have to disclaim that, with all Derr's books, they need an editor. I don't know if she self edits or what but each and every book of hers has very obvious editing mistakes. It's obnoxious. The main character of this book is mentioned in passing in Dance With The Devil and even that little mention made me interested in knowing more about him. This book told me lots and he was a most interesting person to read about. One of my favourite things about him is his tendency to use quotes from poems, fairy tales and the like. Like Dance With the Devil the book was split into 'Cases' but at least these were in chronological order and were really just a way of splitting the story about Johnnie and his hunt for the truth. I really would advise reading Dance With the Devil first, as it makes more sense of some of the secondary characters in this book, but it can be read as a stand alone if so desired.
What do You think about Dance In The Dark (2011)?
Not one of her best, but definitely one I will be reading again.
—cookiemonster
