She actually has a letter on her website that says something to the effect of, "So, trying to get into my guardian series? Don't read the first two books! Read Demon Night first and go back to those later!" And she's right: Demon Night's much better than Demon Angel or Demon Moon. She seems to be improving the more she writes, although the penultimate book in the Guardian series currently, Demon Blood, I don't care for. I definitely have to pick up her steampunk stuff at some point.

I know she probably used Nikita because of La Femme Nikita, but I'm not convinced someone from a Slavic background would use it that way. Oh well. I'll just continue clutching my pearls.