Waggoner really likes absolutely wild and whacky fight scenes. Like, the concept of the literal embodiments of people's nightmares hashing it out with various bizarre-o abilities just makes for a really fun time. But as a result, the book had very little actual substance. We get very few answers to the questions that are brought up (like the bond between Ideator and Incubus, how the various technology works, why certain Incubi have extra special powers and don't have to follow the rules) but the book had a narrow focus on our main character and this one event, and that worked well.

The tone is a little hard to get a handle on. Mostly because we don't get a baseline for how these characters normally interact with each other and other people - because we're told pretty much right away that things are extreme in this circumstance. There's a lot of kind of forced levity and joking. It works really well for Jinx because he's a clown and we get to see how others react to it, but when Audra is trying to give witty remarks, they often feel weird and out of place.

Still, I'd absolutely continue with the series when I'm looking for something fun and totally unique

{Thank you Angry Robot Books for the complementary copy; all thoughts are my own}