Also, is it just me or did the conversation between Kakashi and his dead father seem eerily similar in setting to Harry's conversation with his dead father in Dead Beat?

Dead Beat has always been my favorite, that might be because it was the first DF that I read. Also, I feel that it was THE book where Butcher struck the perfect balance between description and pacing; I felt Small Favor and Turn Coat have been a little rushed. He did better with Turn Coat, but it took me longer to care about Small Favor.

DB was also my Urban Fantasy initiation, so I might be a little soft on it.