Riley Poe's past is full of hard times and heartache. She was a veritable wild child in her teens, but when her mother dies, she has to leave her wild ways behind and take care of her little brother. She becomes responsible and goes to school. She opens up her own tattoo shop and is successful. She will do anything to make sure that her brother doesn't make the same mistakes that she did at his age so when she finds out he and his friends are going to a local cemetery, up to no good, Riley follows them only to find that they've broken into one of the oldest and creepiest crypts in the cemetery. After the boys break in, the air just feels different. Riley busts up their party and takes her brother home, not being able to shake the strange feeling in the air. Over the next couple of days Riley's brother starts to act strange. He's sleeping during the day and his personality is different. After he tries to attack her does she realize that something is really truly wrong with him (and it's not just being a teenager). What Riley finds out is that there is a world that she doesn't know about, but has always been there. Vampires living in society like normal humans. Riley needs help finding her brother before he fully changes and she loses him forever. An old vampire family agrees to help Riley. Little does she know what goes on in the Afterlight. 
 I'm a little on the fence about this book. There were moments that I really liked and didn't want to stop reading, and yet there were moments where I just couldn't stand Riley. Don't get me wrong, she's a strong and capable character, and she'll let you know. That was one of the biggest problems I had. Riley had no modesty about herself. Too many times to count we get to read about what a tough-ass Riley is, how strong she is, how good-looking she is. Many of the times it comes from Riley herself. But just to prove that it's actually true, we also get practically every male character in the book wants to get with Riley, or remarks on how hot she is, or how tough she is. But when it comes down to it, she gets thrown around and beaten a lot. True, she puts up a good fight, she's not one to back down from a challenge, but she never (at least in this book) has won one of those challenges. I just think that if she's going to constantly build herself up, she better be able to back it up, and as far as I've seen in this book, she can't. It felt like Jasper was just writing it over and over again in order to convince the reader so we wouldn't question Riley when she lost because if she was losing it must mean her opponent is pretty tough if he can beat such a strong-ass like Riley (sense the sarcasm please). 
 I felt like the romance (of course there's one) was done pretty good. I liked Eli. I wanted to learn more about him, and I actually liked Riley better when she was with Eli. I think because she showed vulnerability with him. Not something that has to be overused, but a character without vulnerabilities (even a little) can get boring. If the book was written from Eli's POV, I think I would have liked it a lot better. He's your typical vampire love interest. Strong, dark, handsome, mysterious. But he doesn't talk about himself like he's the best ever. Maybe if the book was told from his POV it would be different. But I like Riley's perspective on Eli. 
 I felt like the book was a little slow in the beginning. Then where we were originally going minutely day-by-day (or hour-by-hour) eventually we would get to where one page would cover multiple days. It wasn't paced very well for me. The "big confrontation" at the end, the one we had been waiting for the entire book, seemed really rushed. 
 There definitely enough to continue it into the next book, the only thing is, I could take it or leave it. I don't feel the need to pick up the next book right away and continue, but like I said, there were moments that really got my attention so it's a series I'll keep in the back of my mind.