This was weak for Dexter, despite the interesting storyline in here involving cannibalism (really, cannibalism! It sounds wrong, but it felt like a fun topic for Dexter to tackle). But, like with book 3, it's a non-Dexter that narrates this novel, as after the birth of his daughter he meekly tries to give up what he really is.

For most of this, Dexter flails about and seems to take a severe hit in the intelligence department as a result of him trying to behave better. There are so many obvious, stupid things he does that it just gets aggravating. The story in here is screamingly obvious at a lot of times, but it takes him longer than it really should to figure things out.

I did like the tail-end of this, especially the creepy scenes in the abandoned amusement park, but a lot of this just was weak. The elongated scenes involving him cooing over his new baby girl really didn't help matters any, either.

While Jeff Lindsay does a good job narrating, I was disappointed by the voice change on this. I'd gotten used to Landrum, and the mix of a meeker Dexter with a different voice tarnished the experience some.