Urban ftenasias tend feature Mary Sues, don?t they? Anita Blake is such a blatant Mary Sue. It was okay the first three books but when she started spending more time sleeping with her vampire boyfriend and werewolf toyboy (not at the same time), I dropped it. If I want porn, I?ll read proper porn, dammit!Thanks for the recommendations. I?ve never heard of any of them but some of them sound intriguing. That Kitty Norville series sounds like something I should check out.Cherie Priest isn?t a bad writer but I feel she?s not reaching her full potential.