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Excerpt: Prologue and first chapterReviewThis was one of the books I didn't review after but WHILE reading it.So, here it comes. The before and the after:Before.I started the first.. like three pages, then put the book down and read the blurb. Yes, I know I should have done that before, but I thought this was the book narrated by Hope (not that till now the real narrator would have been 'introduced'). Anyway, so this is the necro's book?Kind of awkward. I mean.. she's crushing on Jer and he's.. rather the introvert, right?I thought she was.. well. Forever alone.And then, of course, Kelley Armstrong was all:After:Kay, Kelley Armstrong just owned me. This was so friggin good! Amazing, I really love, love, love the novel!If there was one couple in this series I was uncomfortable about, it probably was this one. Jeremy and Jaime, the werewolf Alpha and the necromancer. Both older than me and older than the usual Urban Fantasy h/h. Also, the situation seemed awkward – Jaime had a crush on Jeremy for years and he never seemed to notice. - Reminded me too much of 7th grade. Or so I thought.But they both were adorable. Admittedly, after reading the whole series - this isn't my favorite Women of the Otherworld novel, but it was much better than many other UF novels.I was a bit afraid about the plot, because the Broken-plot wasn't very captivating in the beginning. But unlike Broken, No Humans Involved did captivate me (it also made me forget to eat, which is a nice way of loosing weight ;b)It wasn't the best plot ever, but I've been waiting for a book and plot like that and Armstrong does so many things right when she's creating conflicts and characters that – when reading other books – I often think: „Ah, why didn't Kelley Armstrong write this book? The idea was soo good, but the execution?“Children have been killed and Jaime wants to free their apparently trapped souls – only to have to face things and magic that haven't been known to exist. Along the way of uncovering what happened to the kids she deals with her own insecurities and burdens – Things I could actually relate to.Jeremy wasn't what I expected and although I'd have liked to see 'my' expectations of Jeremy I have to admit that this one does fit everything much better. Especially after reading Men of the Otherworld and Tales of the Otherworld it makes much sense. Since I'm not Jaime (for example, I'm not self-confident like she is) I would never have managed to see past his tough, calm attitude. But I loved to read about them and see how they dealt with the things that stood between them.This installment left me with some questions that haven't been answered in the other novels, but in the Men of the Otherworld collection. I also wanted to read more about Jeremy and his past (another thing that we actually do in the Otherworld shorties/collections) and wouldn't have complained about a little Jaime-and-her-mother-scene.I loved to see Karl and Hope in this novel and actually reread their scenes when I had read their book(s) and novellas. -grin-Considering all of the above, I think that my rating makes sense. :)