I finished The Quick and it was really good! Classic vampire stories, victorian gothic style, different to what I'd been reading.
And you love a stand-alone once in a while, hehe
I've now started Empire of Ivory (Naomi Novik), volume 4 in the series. My library didn't have number 3, but apart from a couple of points that I read about that one on wikipedia, I managed to jump into 4 without much difficulty, they're almost stand-alones in that respect.