Rating: 

I'm loving this book because while it assumes the reader knows how to write a program, it doesn't assume that the reader is a .NET programmer so it explains EF excellently and Visual Studio/.NET concepts succinctly without wasting the reader's time explaining what an integer is.

The many pointers to web resources for further information are greatly appreciated and increase the book's value to someone, like me, coming to .NET rather late in the game without bogging down the book for seasoned .NET programmers.

Finally, the author's use of a "brown field" application for the examples, complete with "legacy typos" and examples of how EF can free you of legacy design flaws while leaving the legacy intact show that the author has been in the trenches and writes real code, not demo-code, and has a great deal of wisdom beyond EF to share.