3.5 stars 
 The hardest part with writing any vampire book these days is making it original. There have been so many on the market, post-twilight, that it's hard for a reader to find the right one. I'm not sure that this is the right one. There are a lot of twilight parallels in the beginning of the book. For once, I would love to read a book where a vampire doesn't have to fight his nature because he loves a mortal woman. Maybe one where it's a rite of passage to bed a vamp, instead of a girl risking her neck to be with the man she loves. They spend the whole book, swinging back and forth between should and shouldn't. I just felt like I'd read it all before. 
 The magic. This is the part of the book that I loved. I hate when magic (or various other "powers") comes too easily to a character. This book brought the perfect balance of control and ability to the plot. There were times when I felt like Victoria, Tori, wasn't sure who she was though. Her character is a little all over the place, but I suppose a point to the plot is her finding herself. I'm just not sure that the journey there was entirely believable. 
 The writing style itself is fairly solid. The formatting on my ebook wasn't very good, so I struggled to figure out who was talking at times, but the dialogue was realistic. 
 The ending definitely redeemed my opinion of the book's downfalls. It's a great ending, though maybe a little predictable. I ended up staying up late to finish it, which is always a good sign. I would love to say that I'll read the next book, but the problem is that I may forget to. I'm not sure how memorable the book will be by the time the sequel comes out next year. 
 A copy of this book was provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.