Quite enjoyed this book, and the "vampire" is refreshingly different. Vampires as proper predators are quite enjoyable, although the romance bit does take away from the story a little. It was a little odd, but I suppose it highlights the vampire being truly alien since the whole thing was almost meaningless to him. The idea of survival throughout the ages was also realistic and well-done. It is really so much more difficult for such creatures to hide in the modern age of information and relative transparency (at least, in most non-government spaces).