This was actually the first "Supernatural" tie-in book that I read. It nearly kept me from reading the rest of the series because the writing itself was so poor. I was intrigued by the thought of finding out how Dean spent his year without Sam. The plot did turn out to be interesting, but the actual word craft of the story itself is easily the weakest of the tie-in series so far. For fans of the television series this is an interesting aside if they are already reading the tie-in novels, but it will not win the book series or the tv show any new fans.