First off, I am not a Gabriel fan. I did not want Maddie to end up with him. I am definitely a JB fan. With that being said, did they really need to kill of Gabriel? They make it so that he's the love of her life and then, in the same book, he's dead. And then the wonderful ending...she's pregnant.

This book frustrated me big time with the romance aspect.

But, I did love the way that Maddie stood up to her father and did not let him control her. And she stuck by her friends no matter what.

Now let's put Maddie and JB together! ( )

The best book in the series to far, and it was also completely evil! By Lucifer it was so evil.

In this one ghosts are behaving strange, Gabriel is Maddy's thrall and neither one is happy. Our favorite gargoyle wants donuts. Wolves are missing and as always the courts of the fallen are conspiring. And Maddy is in the middle of it all.

Maddy is somewhat of a klutz, she will fall into the worst situation and still mouth off. I have to love her. Yes she is stupid in a way, but I like her. The series is not Mercy awesome. Instead it's just truly enjoyable because the story keeps me wanting more all the time. It made it hard for me to put it down. Sure it's simple at times, but when it makes me want more it makes me want more.

And the end, I mentioned it in the beginning, but it was just so evil! Not cliffie evil (cos it was that too), but yes Lucifer evil. Now I need more cos I can guess what Lucifer wants now.

Fun! ( )

The thrid book starts off with Maddy getting recurited to help save the werewolf leader and the missing pack cubs. They have been taken by demons that are stealing their memories and selling them to vampires to use like a drug. At the same time more personal conflicts in hr life bring a large plot against Lucifer to the surface. Of course he disappears in order to flush out all the players while she deals with all the players. Things don't go well and I will have to read the next book to see how she deals with the aftermath. ( )

Maddy Black just can't catch a break. After a normal "pick up" of a soul, she spys a ghost behaving oddly. This is just the beginning. When the alpha of the werewolf pack and the cubs of the pack go missing, Maddy is enlisted to help find them. OK, they find the cubs but they are acting just like the disoriented ghost she had encountered. Turns out the memories of people are being stolen and sold to vampires as a drug. (who knew?). And of course Maddy and company are in the thick of it.

I just love this series. The world is so much fun. Maddy is a walking disaster magnet. Her trusty and fat gargoyle, Beezle, is too funny. The book is action packed yet you still find out things about Maddy and the other characters. I still sometimes want to slap Maddy for being so rash (as do many characters in the book). But hey, that is just Maddy. Can't wait to see what is going to happen. ( )

This is the third book in the Madeline Black series by Henry. The fourth book will be titled, Black Lament, and is scheduled to release in October 2012. This book was a great addition to the series. It is a story of be careful what you wish for and it was interesting to see Maddy's careless behavior finally catch up to her.

Maddy is an Agent of Death, the granddaughter of Lucifer, and learning to control her dark angelic powers. Her boss is getting upset because unscheduled ghosts are turning up in the streets acting strangely. He wants Maddy to figure out what is going on. Maddy is also contacted by the local werewolves' second-in-commander; their pack leader has gone missing along with all of the werewolf children and Maddy needs to figure out where they all went before it is too late. Additionally Maddy is still trying to outrun her demonic father and mend the relationship between her and Gabriel, her thrall.

Henry does enough recapping to jog your memory, but I wouldn't recommend starting on this book without reading the previous two. I enjoy Maddy's snarky attitude and reckless behavior; although I have often wondered when Maddy's enemies would finally catch up to her. Well in this book they finally do. It is kind of fun to watch Maddy get angry and loose it because when she does she does it in a mass destruction type of way. I also love how she throws down against huge immortal baddies without even batting an eyelash; in some scenes it is kind of hilarious.

My hands down favorite character is still Beezle; you have to love this lovable and humorous gargoyle...I mean I seriously want my own pet gargoyle now! Nathaniel is back, not my favorite guy but you learn more about what makes him tick in this story. Lucifer is also in this story quite a bit more; it was great to learn more about his personality and character and after this book he doesn't feel so much evil to me as complex.

Gabriel is in the story as well; him and Maddy finally get a little romance in their lives. The story is fast-paced, full of some great action, and the plot (which seems straight-forward to begin with) gets bigger and bigger and blossoms into a complex plot of epic proportions...yet it is still easy to follow yet full of surprises.

The ending of the book was full of some huge revelations and surprises; it left me dying to know what will happen in the next book.

Overall this is a fast-paced, action packed read that is part of a solid and enjoyable urban fantasy series. Maddy is sarcastic and snarky and gets beat up a lot (reminds me of Harry Dresden from that aspect) but she is also determined to hold her own. Maddy's reckless behavior catches up to her in this novel. All the wonderful characters from the previous books are here. The plot starts out simple but ends up complex and is full of wonderful surprises at the end. I definitely recommend this novel to fans of urban fantasy; the angelic bent to this series is different than your typical vamp/were series and makes for a different and fun read. ( )