Imagine a place where the lawyers are literal bloodsuckers, movie star glamor isn't just a metaphor, and where the top CEOs really are "lead wolves". Welcome to Linnet Ellery's world. In the 1960s, the fantastic creatures came out of hiding, and humans discovered that vampires, werewolves, and elves weren't only real but were effectively running the world. It's now 2010, and most humans have become accustomed to a world led by these "spooks," or, to use the politically correct term, "the Powers." Most law firms are led by immortal vampires and promotion to partnership involves receiving a bite as well as an office upstairs. Powerful human families vie to send their children to live with vampires as their "foster lieges." Werewolves are running both the military and Wall Street with animal savagery. Elves (called Alfar) split their time between bewitching humans on stage and screen and carrying children off to Faerie. 
 Due to my disapproval of GR's new and highly subjective review deletion policy, the rest of my review is on my blog. 
 A high 4, but not quite a 4.5. Call it a 4.4. 
 Note: I received this book through the Goodreads First Reads promotional program.