this was my first dean koontz book. i vaguely knew of him. someone from work was raving about him. it was so refreshing to hear someone so passionate about a book they had read that i immediately said i would read it. in the begining i thought koontz was wordy, and annoyingly so. i also disliked how every chapter began with a sentence all in capitals. that being said i devoured this book in 3 days. the bodachs are creatures of my dreams. they both scared and fascinated me at the same time. i thought the relationship between stormy and odd was one to envy. all in all i thought this was a great book and will definetly be reading the other books in the series.