This book started off so promising, a smart, strong, independent academic who's really a witch encounters a bewitched ancient manuscript and a just-as-ancient vampire who wants something from her... 
 Pretty quickly the story dissolves into a myriad of plot twists, countless backstories on fringe characters, and just way too many tangents. Our strong heroine becomes weak, sappy, and needy and the vampire's control over her life and protection from the creatures that are out to get them make the story disturbingly reminiscent of Twilight. 
 In short, it was ok, but I don't plan on reading the rest of the series.