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** spoiler alert ** I was excited to see that Koontz had written another Odd Thomas book - I like the character, and I find his paranormal abilities fascinating. But this was by far my least favorite of the OT books. While this one has an interesting premise (Odd is drawn to the small coastal town of Magic Beach, CA by apocalyptic nightmares), I found the execution very lacking.

Again, Koontz really needs to cut down on "witty" dialogue. It just isn't as clever or endearing as he thinks it is. Increasingly, I find myself just skimming long exchanges, whether they're between friends or foes, because they don't add to the story. Given the urgency of the situation in this book, there was just far too much of it.

Second, I did not care for the open-ended way Koontz closes this book. We deserved to get more of an explanation of who or what Annamaria is. I didn't find her enigmatic, I found her annoyingly cliche and poorly written. She struck me as a waste of time, as she didn't factor into this story, truly. All the open threads only left me frustrated, NOT looking forward to the next book.

And really...poltergeist!Sinatra? Really, Dean?