Rating: 3/5 
 ***Minor spoilers*** 
 In Caldwell, New York, vampires live protected by the Black Dagger Brotherhood, another breed of vampires that were bred to be the strongest and the most powerful of the species so that they can protect civilian vampires. Lessers exist to take out vampires, and their heart and soul is removed as part of the initiation process. Wrath is the leader of the Brotherhood, and when one of the other brothers dies, his only wish is for Wrath to take care of his daughter, a half-breed who may undergo the transition soon. Since Wrath is a purebred, it is more likely she will make it through the transition if he gives her his blood (since vampires must drink from vampires of the opposite sex - not humans). When Wrath approaches Darius's daughter, Beth, he isn't prepared for the attachment and attraction he feels for her. 
 I've seen this book lingering around Goodreads for a while so I thought it was about time to read it. Despite my "average" rating I enjoyed this book more than it would seem. It was great reading about the relationship between Wrath and Beth. However, I took some stars off for several reasons. For one, I didn't find the perspectives of the others besides Wrath/Beth very interesting. I didn't mind the occasional Butch (a friend of Beth's) or Marissa (Wrath's ex-mate) perspective, but I found the Mr. X (one of the lesser recruiters) perspective to be quite boring. Also, some of the descriptions of things seemed to be quite stiff and repetitive. For example, at the beginning of the novel Wrath is description in a narrative voice, and a few chapters later he's described the way Beth thinks of him. Both sounded almost identical and pretty formal. I didn't mind too much but it was something I noticed. 
 I liked that Beth was a strong female lead. While she had people who would fight for her and defend her, she could also defend herself. When she is cornered in an alleyway by two boys, one would think it's just another one of those scenes where some guy swoops in and saves her. Except in this book, Beth outsmarts them, is able to smack them around a bit, and get away without too much physical harm. Later in the book she is also prepared to defend Wrath with her life if that's what it takes. I also liked Wrath as a character, even if he was more cliche than Beth. He kept denying what he felt for Beth and fought the feelings for a while, which is something you find in a lot of books but it didn't feel lame when I read it. 
 Overall, I enjoyed this book but all the jumping between perspectives and having so many scenes from a boring perspective annoyed me a bit. I just wanted to keep reading about Wrath and Beth, but I kept getting interrupted by someone I didn't really care about. My kindle copy of the book was also formatted badly (whenever there were double L's it erased the second L and replaced it with a space, and the paragraphs weren't broken up properly) so that may have added to my annoyance level and could have affected my rating. However, I'd definitely pick up the next book, especially since it's about Rhage and I thought he was interesting. Although I had a few hangups I'd definitely recommend it for a fantasy lover.