Though I did find a few plot points a bit tiresome (we get it, Alexia, your father is Italian, your nose is Roman, your best friends are a flamboyant vampire and a woman with horrendous taste, and your Victorian era suitor is a smoking hot Scottish werewolf Alpha who is the picture of a perfect gentleman despite spending an awful lot of time buck naked in your presence—accept this and move on, jeesh!), this novel is clever, steamy, fast-paced, and puts a welcome new spin on some relatively old worlds.
Take it for what it is and enjoy it to the fullest.
No. 6 on my challenge. And now I’m going to have to read all of the Parasol Protectorate series.
Being Tori 
Don’t be afraid. I won’t smite you. Probably.