What can I say? I sorta... liked it. (Ok so now is when I duck before I get the tomatoes thrown at me.) 
 Sure, it wasn't something out of this world -hence the three star rating- and it certainly did not compare to those early VA books I loved so much, but it was O.K. Nothing much happened, but I guess that is kind of expected if its a first in a series and you want to introduce new places and characters. Well, some new characters. 
 Still, I have to say, the author's infatuation with both Rose and Dimitri is annoying. I mean, I loved those characters to death back then (just until Shadow Kiss that is), I know there were all sort of things wrong with them, but I digged them. But after she completely destroyed both characters, I cant stand reading about them anymore and much rather they'd been left aside. God knows they had their share of novels. That being said, I have to admit Adrian is probably what made this book for me. I know, he's still whining about she-who-must-not-be-named but still, he's too likeable. And Sydney was fine. It was actually a bit refreshing to have a character that is not selfish (granted, you get the complete opposite here which can also be annoying). However I'm still not sure those two click together. But that's probably for the author to develop later. 
 I'll probably read the next one but hope it picks up a bit more in both action and romance.