Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed her early books as well. They were my guilty pleasure books (books I enjoyed reading without making any effort) and also my introduction to urban fantasy. So basically, we're pretty much on the same page.

I am however grateful to LKH for introducing me to other, better authors in the same genre: Patricia Briggs, TA Pratt and Jim Butcher (courtesy of numerous Amazon threads "Help, I was an AB fan and I need something else to read!!!").