As much as I couldn't seem to put this down, there were too many strikes against it to rate it higher. First I'll start with the good: 
 The good: 
 1. I actually liked the whole alien thing. I didn't think I would, but it was different for me. 
 2. The UST. Yes, it was pretty hot and fun. 
 3. The kissing/making out. Again, hot. 
 The bad: 
 1. This story was clearly a Twilight knockoff. Now, I know a lot of people claim that about books, and I rarely see it, but this had pretty much the whole plot outline and even some of the same scenes! 
 2. It also really rang reminiscent of A mix of I Am Number Four and Roswell. I just couldn't get past the glaring similarities, and the sheer number of them. 
 3. The approximately 4-5 chapters straight of info dump. Now, I understand that with sci-fi, fantasy, and paranormal stories there needs to be a good amour of world building and introduction to the non-human elements, but this is supposed to be done gradually throughout the story. It is not supposed to be explained in depth by one character for 5 chapters. No. Never. 
 4. Some of the dialogue was just...cheesy and awkward. The banter did not ring realistic and felt really forced in places. 
 5. In several instances information was repeated as if we hadn't already been told it. It felt a lot like the author did not think her audience would understand, so she'd say things over and over to make sure we got it. 
 6. Daemon was a complete jerk. Now, I'm all for a bad boy turning good, but he was REALLY mean. Toward the end we started to see cracks in his meanness, but at times it made me feel like Katy was an idiot for wanting someone like him, not gonna lie. 
 In closing, it was kind of a fun read--if you don't mind the Twilight cloneness of it. The ebooks are cheap, so I'll probably read on and see if some of the issues I had with this first installment are improved. Though, from just looking through the first bit of the sequel, Onyx, I fear the whole Jacob/Bella/Edward triangle will rear it's ugly head. Sigh.