This story has potential, but in the end just doesn't live up to it. It really needed some more editing and revision before publication. It does have its own twist to the vampire genre, and the characters have potential, but it struck me as feeling unfinished. There are too many implausible or confusing plot points, repetition in some places, skipping ahead too quickly in others. It started off fairly well, but I struggled with it by the end. ( )

I enjoyed this vampire tale, which thankfully had a different slant to some of the stories out there.

I felt the author explained too much when the reader had already got the gist. A lot of the plot was predictable, but that didn't stop the enjoyment of reading this novel. ( )

The story line was okay but not a book I would call a "must read". It is the first book in a series and I had hoped to like it enough to continue the series. Unfortunately I did not feel like I cared enough about the main character to want to continue the relationship. ( )

Kiera may be a "newbie", but she knows what she is doing and knows that she better take the first job offered to her to prove herself. Even if it is to a small town with very bad stories behind it and a reputation of having officers go missing. When she gets there she is shocked to see how the station is run, which really may not have been such a shock to her, had she worked somewhere else right after getting out of the academy first. While being shown to her place she is staying by Luke, a handsome co-worker of hers, she is soon diving right in to her new job ahead of schedule. She soon learns that there have been many many murders or cases of missing persons in this small town and all have gone unsolved. Kiera's question is why have they gone unsolved? Is it because the police there seem to be so lax in their system? Is it because it really is that hard of a case to crack? The more she learns the more questions she has and soon she is wondering if her new "friend", Luke, is really as innocent as he seems. Kiera's determined to solve this case, but what will that cost her? Will she become a statistic of another lost/killed officer in this small town before she can get to the bottom of things?

What a read! I just loved Kiera as the main character. She was such a great character in so many ways. I loved that she was this new recruit that wanted nothing more than to prove herself to the other cops she worked with. She wasn't afraid to stand up for what she was believing and was trained to do. She also had such a great gift for "seeing" things that others miss, she is just so observant and such a great cop because of that. I also enjoyed Luke, the handsome, kind, yet very mysterious co-worker of Kiera's. This book took off with the mystery right away and just kept throwing it at me until the very end of the book. The flow was great too, there weren't any of those choppy moments that make you wonder what happened to the author as they were writing. It simply continued to flow on. The descriptions used in this book were so realistic I felt like I was watching a movie while reading it. I had no trouble what so ever visualizing what the author wanted me to be seeing. The best thing about this book I think, was the unique combination of mystery, cop mystery, and vampires. It was a unique spin on the usual vampire stories and mystery books that worked very well the way the author wrote it. Very good book, that I highly suggest you check out!

5/5 Stars! ( )

I liked this one. It provides a new view of vampires (though it doesn't explore it all that much), and the main character is quite enjoyable to read. She's spunky, but not all powerful. Her curiosity actually does get her into trouble.

The setting is fairly classic (a remote little town that seems mysteriously cut off from the outside world), but it provides a good backdrop for the light horror elements. The story is pretty well paced, and all in all it's an enjoyable little read.

And I do mean little. It probably took me 2 hours to read it all the way through...a single sitting. I prefer my indie books a bit longer, but for 99 cents it's still reasonable. ( )