I'm not really a fan of King's...however, I read a couple of his books recently, this being the first. 
 On the whole I enjoyed it, honestly, it wasn't as scary as I thought it was going to be, which was probably a redeeming quality for me! It was well written, with some interesting characters. 
 There was once a time when vampires were evil, rather than romanticised in literature, so personally it was refreshing to read this book when normally the vampire literature I read is of much lower quality.