I didn't know really what to expect with this book. It was a voting choice in a book club monthly read and I thought the premise sounded good. I will have to say that I really did enjoy this book. I look forward to the second book more, however, because this book does have the first-in-a-series world set-up going on which can sometimes slow down the progress of the storyline. 
 The story takes place in Mississippi and vampires have been out in the public for decades living amongst humans. Not everyone likes their company however. 
 The bigotry displayed in the book made me very angry, but that's what it was supposed to do. It showed the single-minded individuals who only see what's on the surface, and how these individuals' thoughts can sometimes end up influencing others with the hatred they have. While things are somehwat settled by the end of the book, this will be an issue popping up throughout the series I feel. 
 I liked Alex, our main character, but I didn't feel like we got to know too much about her. This story is told in third person. So we get viewpoints and thoughts from mulitple characters. I think that this can slow down the process of getting to know a character, but that is not a bad thing. We don't know all about Alex's personality but that will have to be something that comes throughout the series. 
 It was a little different than I'm used to because we did get the killer's POV as well, in fact we even learn who the killer is about half way through the book. But that didn't ruin anything it just made me read on to find out how they were going to figure everything out. There were a few twists that weren't so apparant so that made it interesting as well. 
 I did like that, while there are some mysteries yet to solve, Jeannie Holmes didn't leave everything to play out over the series. We, the readers, learn some things about Varik, for example, that Alex has yet to find out for herself. That to me is different than what I'm used to reading. Usually authors don't reveal things to the readers until the characters are finding out for themselves. It's an interesting tactic. I look forward to reading the next book in the series, and hopefully we won't have to wiat too long for number 3! Until Then!