I enjoyed this a lot, it's a fun read but I also got really involved in the story by the end of I was rooting for Scarelett all the way. It felt like a new take on the paranormal genre (which is always nice considering how over saturated it is) and I like that the origins story for the vamps, seres and witches was worked into the novel so well. A few things did annoy me- all the characters seem pretty appalling at investigating, considering how dangerous the killer is a lot of people don't seem particularly interested in finding him/her (looking at you dashiell-stupid name btw) and if physical evidence is unimportant because they can reconstruct it magically why don't they???A great start to the series- I've got high hopes for the next book.EDIT: the rest of the series thoroughly disappointed me all the faults of this book seem to get amplified, Scarlett doesn't grow as a character and the plot seems to rely more and more on coincidences, odd decisions from the characters and deus ex machina. The love triangle also carries on. I enjoyed this book quite a bit and look forward to reading more in the world. The brutal practicality of the vampires and werewolves fascinates me. There are no warm fuzzies in this world. Scarlett is a fairly flawed heroine, not atypical for this genre. I don't really feel any great love for her but I don't dislike her. I think I'm more fascinated with Jesse and Eli. I'd like to see them develop more than watching her grow up. She's had some tough stuff happen but I have to wonder how much was her and how much the outside forces. She's very naive overall--despite her bravado. Jesse said he'd seen police officers with her level of callousness and I think much of that is "fake it til you make it" more than her true self. She's not hard yet but could get there.
revenge, vampire politics, serial murders, ruthless ambition, sorrow, fear...children in jeopardy..
—metta5150
Kindle Daily Deal 7/11/14 $1.99.
—wanja
an interesting take, I liked it
—sami
