I don't know, I quite enjoyed the original but I'd have to see this one to really say if the tone is similar.

Heh I have Backup, I think I got it from amazon for like $8 when it was first released. I love it to bits, oh Thomas.

I can't actually bring myself to care much about the cliffhanger because you know that Butcher isn't going to kill off his main character but yeah a real ending would have been nice.