Pushing the Envelope in Urban Fantasy

The book I'm reading right now (without much enthusiasm, I must say–it was published in 2008 and includes a glossary of Yiddish words at the front. Am I such a dumbass that I do no know what tuckus means? Or chutzpah? This book thinks I am) is very safe and uninteresting. The book next in queu just the opposite.

I've mentioned that I'm a slow reader–I often don't get to a new book in time to help promote a new release with a positive review; yes, I'm useless that way. The next book on my t...