I haven't read a book with rat shifters (wererats) before (wait, no! that's not entirely true, Nalini Singh's Psy-Changeling series has them as well, but they only have one sentence in a whole book, poor rat shifters). Here, they are the villians and it suits them well. Kit Colbana is part aneira, but more human than aneira. She has an enchanted sword and can make herself dissappear from anyone's sight for a short period of time. Cool. I wish I had an enchanted sword and could slice through my imagined enemies, disappearing in thin air is a cool ability. *want this*
The story in a nutshell is this: Kit is looking for a missing girl in the wererats lair. The girl seeks salvation with the wererats because she is sick. Her mother wants her back in one piece. Kit rescues her with the help of a supernatural = happy ending.