The Last Smile in Sunder City

A world where elves, vampires, humans, etc. live together...yes please! I was most hooked by the exploration of the species and the society of the book's main timeline (in fact I ate it up), but Arnold spent a lot of time in flashbacks or explaining the history. This wasn't really relevant to the plot and seemed like info dumping for world building purposes. In the end made it felt like two different books. Fans of the Dresden Files might want to pick this up to see if it works for them.