What just happened?
I found this book a little hard to follow at times, and felt that there were to many holes and things left undone and unsolved. I don't think that just because she fell in love that she would just up and give up on her possible twin like that. It felt like she simply shrugged and said oh well this is my new family. It just doesn't work like that. Don't get me wrong I felt this book was, for the most part, well written with engaging characters and scenes, but that's also my problem with it. To much engagement not enough follow through.

Fabulous Fun
I'm a little confused. Did I read the same book as some of these other reviewers? It's a fun fantasy.

Kick off your ruby slippers, put up your feet, cuz Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore. Nope. We're in Vegas, baby!

These other reviewers focus on minor plot devices. Why wouldn't a jealous Weather Witch use her powers to make Delilah's life miserable? I knew girls just like that in high school. Shoot. I think I've worked with the Weather Witch before. Loved the ending, with the promise that I'll get to enjoy Delilah matching wits with evil in the next installment. (Hey, Ms. Douglas, how long do I have to wait?)

This cannot be CND's writing!! So disappointing!
I am a fan of the Irene Adler series, so I was VERY disappointed to read Dancing With Wolves. I suspect that CND must be farming her books out to be ghost written by hack writers now. The story was not well reseached, boring stereotypes abounded regarding Latinos (I am one, so they were really glaring to me.) The plot simply skipped over difficult situations with unbelievable "rescues". Really 5th rate writing.

B-o-r-i-n-g.

Bring back the real CND!! Please!!

Another hit for Carole Nelson Douglas
Having been a long-time fan of Ms. Douglas' Midnight Louie series, I decided to try a new genre--fantasy.

This was a truly absorbing read with interesting characters, an exciting plot and a delightful (and somewhat sexy) romance. I also enjoyed Delilah's silver familiar.

I look forward to the further adventures of Ms. Street, Ric, Quicksilver and, of course, the Las Vegas ambiance which Ms. Douglas creates so well.

Jessie

Not worth howling about
I love books about alternate realities, supernatural characters, and strong women. This book appeared to have all that covered. Ultimately, though, it was a disappointment.

Delilah Street is an orphan, a foundling who grew up in an orphanage in Wichita, Kansas. She knows she was named for the place where she was found...but there is no Delilah Street in Wichita. Hmm. In her universe, the Millenium brought out all of the unhumans - werewolves, zombies, vampires, and who knows what else. Delilah isn't even sure what she is herself.

Through a contrived series of events, Delilah finds herself homeless and jobless and headed for Las Vegas in search of her own double, whom she saw playing (or was she?) a corpse on CSI. Of course, once she gets to Vegas, things just fall into her lap. She ends up moving into an enchanted cottage (if you're into creepy surveillance by your landlord) and meeting a series of attractive men - or whatever they turn out to be.

The best alternate universes seem completely real; their peculiar magic and laws work, and I find myself falling right into them. Not Delilah's world. It was too confusing.

The author created too many mysteries and solved virtually none of them. It's all right to look ahead to the sequel(s), but couldn't she have at least let us off the hook about a few of the dangling plots? I don't mind if we still don't know exactly what Delilah is. That sort of self-discovery is what sequels are made of. But what about her duplicate? Can't we even visit the street she was named for? I fully expected both of those situations to be solved by the end of the book, and they weren't.

And the writing style was too cutesy for me. Delilah is constantly throwing in wisecracks, which just make for disjointed reading. This forced wittiness felt choppy and distracting.

I'm familiar with the author's Midnight Louie series. Her main female character in that series, Temple Barr, irritates me, too, so I suppose I should have been prepared for Delilah. I shouldn't have wasted my time on this book. I doubt I'll read the sequel.