A few months ago, I would not ever have considered reading another vampire series - it just wasn't a genre that I was much interested in. Recently I have found myself getting a hold of more paranormal type books, and this series started to intrigue me. 
 I will admit, it took me several tries (3) before I made it past the first few chapters. If I read too many books too quickly, I get invested in certain characters and it's hard for me to keep the details straight in new books that I start, which is what happened when I began reading this one. I gave myself a day or so break, tried again, and it worked! 
 After I got all of the characters and dhampir vs moroi vs everything else settled in my head, I found this to be an enjoyable read. It didn't completely pick up for me until the end, but I did not ever really get bored reading the rest - I really like reading about boarding school situations, and was having fun learning about how their world works. 
 One thing I couldn't figure out was who was depicted on the front cover. Actually, if this book (and the rest of the series) hadn't been blogged about and featured on other book websites, I would probably not have picked it up because of the cover. 
 Book Cover: 2/5 
 Book Title: 4/5 
 Plot: 7/10 
 Characters: 7/10 
 Writing: 8/10 
 Ending: 9/10 
 Overall: 37/50