I have a couple issues with this book (again with the age gaps VVV?) but overall a good book and a good vampire story. I really like the protagonist.

A note from 2020 reread; still a good vampire book. One of the few vampire books involving a teenage girl that doesn't romanticize the situation too much which I appreciate. ( )

I really, really liked this book but hated its ending . . . the implication is that these two characters would walk away from one another but I really wanted to see what comes next between them (because both were introduced to something completely new throughout the book and the stage was set for something really interesting to happen between them). Was really hoping the author had written a sequel but she has said she has no intention of doing so. Kerry goes to a Laundromat to save her little brother’s teddy bear and ends up in the middle of vampire hunters attempting to kill a vampire. We don’t know until well into the story whether or not Ethan is one. Velde did a good job of not letting us know whether Ethan will turn out to be a good guy or not until the very end; and even then we aren’t sure these two have a future. ( )

another middle school read!(During my vampire phase. I will forever and always have a soft spot for vamps in my heart.) I remember thinking how strange it was that they had to shave everyday because their hair never stopped growing... The weird things I recall from books.

This is the second book I have read by Velde (I also read Cloaked in Red which was okay). Like Cloaked in Red this book was okay but not great. It was a quick read, but it was also one of those stories where I am not really sure what the point was.

In this story our heroine, Kerry, gets accidentally involved in a conflict between some vampires and a religious zealot who is set on wiping vamps out. As things progress she ends up helping out the male vampire (Ethan) that she found in trouble in the first place. The whole thing leads to Kerry doing things that are more and more dangerous and illegal. Kerry is constantly questioning who to trust; the religious zealot or Ethan (the hundreds of years old vampire).

There really isn’t much love or romance in this story. Kerry and Ethan don’t ever really trust each other enough to develop more than a friendship of convenience. At times there are hints of something more developing between them but it seems to be pretty one-sided and is never acted on. Vampires are definitely not romanticized in this book.

The book is decently written and the writing was easy to read. This is one of those books that describes a brief blip or fantastic event in someone’s (Kerry’s) life and then just kind of ends. As such, it left me feeling kind of unsatisfied.

Overall this is an okay read but it felt somewhat pointless and unsatisfying. Definitely not one of the best paranormal books I have read. It was okay but not great. ( )

One of the few really excellent vampire novels out there. The entire plot has so much common-sense and believability working for it, and the characters are so likeable, that I wish it was hundreds of pages longer. ( )