This book is gay. Just giving you a heads up. Oh, no, not in the derogatory and politically incorrect "it sucks" context, but in the main-characters-have-this-whole-elaborate-more-than-a-bromance-thing-going-on way, something the back cover on the copy of the book I read failed to mention completely despite the fact that for all intents and purposes, this is the gay version of Twilight. Lucky for me, the friend who lent me the book warned me about it beforehand. The romance is central to the novel and as descriptive, if not more, than most romantic YA books out there. So if same-sex couples make you uncomfortable, you should probably pass on this. 
 Romance aside, let me just say that the writing itself was horrible. I found myself picking up grammatical mistakes and being distracted by completely redundant phrases that the author may have put in for emphasis, though I'm not sure why the fact that everything outside was wet and soaked and drenched from a bad bit of rain was so important. The narration also rambled on quite a bit. Descriptions were pretty lengthy, though not overly flowery. But what bugged me the most were the point of view switches. The book is written in third person, which is fine, and the author wanted to show different point of views, which was fine as well and really added to the story. What was not fine was the way it was carried out. One paragraph might focus on Michael and his thoughts and feelings and then switch to Ronan for the next paragraph with absolutely no warning, which got to be extremely confusing due to the many he's floating around and the fact that the switches were often during the same scene. They were often very abrupt, though towards the middle of the book the author began linking them more coherently so the reader could better keep up. Another pet peeve I had was that often with these changes, the author didn't follow the old "show, don't tell" rule. The characters sometimes had thoughts and recollections of things they would never have realistically had if the reader didn't need that information, which was awkward and distracting. But a lot of books make that mistake too, so I'll let it slide. And after learning that the author is used to writing scripts, his style makes a lot more sense. Truly, the book reads like a descriptive script in sentence form, which isn't necessarily a bad thing once this context is understood. 
 I'm done ranting about the writing. I know I have no room, but this book had a professional editor. And I'm done now. Ahem. 
 So, despite the mess the writing sort of was, once I adapted it wasn't too bad at all. The plot was pretty interesting, though also pretty predictable, and I surprisingly found myself getting into the romance. This is the first book I've ever read with romance between gay characters, and I didn't feel nearly as uncomfortable as I thought I would. It was really cheesy and flowery in a good way, which helped. The book also has a theme of prejudice and acceptance for who you are running through it, of course, so that helped as well. 
 If you're looking for another vampire series and don't care what sort of romance it is as long as it's strong, this is a pretty good read (as long as you're not too critical about writing *grumblegrumble*). But if gay couples really make you feel weird, it's going to be an awkward read.