This was not what I expected at all, or maybe it was, and I just liked it too much to care. I was very very apprehensive because of the lackluster reviews I've seen so my expectation bar was non existent. That may have been a factor. 
 First let me tell why I gave this book 5 stars. One, it was constantly on my mind once I started. Two, I carried this almost 500 page monster (and affectionate term) in my bag just in case I had a miracle five minute break to read some of it (it never happened). Three, I stayed up until 6:30 in the morning finishing it and couldn't sleep afterwards. 
 Is this book filled with 'cliches' of the genre. Of course, but what young adult vampire novel this day and age isn't? Actually it was kinda refreshing for (view spoiler)[Ronan to turn Michael without even telling him he was a vampire, 'surprise! I turned you without really asking you but I pretended I did, sorry' (hide spoiler)]. 
 It also took me a while to get used to the omnipotent voice, but I liked it by the end. My favorite thing has to be the cover. Real life photography aside (I'm not a fan when you have a picture of what the characters are supposed to look like. I rather my imagination do that). The publisher obviously wanted to appeal to (or in this case bait) the Twilight fan base, and a lot of people probably fall for it. I'd pay good money to see when they realize this is not Twilight, but gay Twilight (another affectionate term). To be honest I'm not even sure if the girl in the cover is supposed to be Brania or Phaedra. 
 Overall, a fun read, I had a smile through most of it, and I always like it when a book makes me yell at it. That's always a good sign. And last but not least don't read the author comment at the end. It contains spoilers. And spoilers are evil!