I love Kelley Armstrong's books because you don't have to read them in order. And I didn't. But it's so cool because you read a later book, discover that the character you didn't like in an earlier book is actually kinda awesome, so you go back and read the book devoted to that character.
I actually liked Jaime's character from the beginning, but in No Humans Involved I discovered that I kind of like Eve, even though I was kind of thrown off by her reputation with the other characters... but that I think, was intentional because her reputation in the book's world is supposed to be sketchy and seedy - of course that has no bearing on her actual character.
No Humans Involved is Jaime's book, she's in Hollywood, contacting ghosts for a tv special. In the process, she discovers the spirits of children trapped between planes. She researches the situation with the help of Hope, Karl, and Jeremy and discovers a ring of human magicians who have made human sacrifices to gain power. She also manages to convince Jeremy to fall in love with her, despite his reservations. She brings out his fun side, even though it's a little hard to buy, just because he is so different in the other books... but that could be explained by the fact that he is not accompanied by any of the other werewolves in this book... Karl doesn't count.
The story was so interesting, and had enough parallel storylines that I never got bored. I wanted to read Eve's book Haunted right after, but I wasn't able to get my hands on a copy. So, instead I'm going to read Living with the Dead...
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