After a nightmarish encounter with a werewolf, seventeen-year-old Adria Dawson loses her sister, but gains the love of a mysterious young man and his legendary family. 
 Strange and tragic things begin to happen in the small town of Hallowell, Maine: residents come down with an unexplainable 'illness' and some disappear. In the midst of everything, Isaac Mayfair is adamant about keeping Adria safe, even from her sister whom he has warned her to stay away from. 
 As unspeakable secrets unfold all around Adria, impossible choices become hers to bear. Ultimately, no matter what path she takes, her life and the lives of those she loves will be in peril. As she learns about the werewolf world she also learns why her place in it will change the destinies of many. 
 I have mixed feelings about this book. One part of me enjoyed this book, however another part of me thought it was just okay. I think the one problem was that there was a lot of set up in this book because the last part was very good, and full of action. The book was well written, but there were still quite a few errors that should have been caught in editing (however, these days this is so common, even with well-known publishers, that I can kind of overlook it as long as there aren't errors in every other sentence). One of the major problems I had with this book was the instant love between Isaac and Adria. They literally barely talk to each other, and Isaac is saying he fell in love with Adria. I know that this is a very common trend in books today, but I am seriously beginning to hate it. Love isn't like this!!! I understand the whole soul mate thing, and that is at least a little more understandable, but there is no mention of that in this book. All that is said is that he loves her, and doesn't want to be without her. 
 The next thing I didn't really like was some of the decisions Adria made. Adria is the type of character that is very strong. She's a tough girl that isn't going to put up with anything, and would defend her family till her last breath (a good heroine in my mind). The author maintained this throughout the story, which I appreciated, but at the same time, Adria accepted everything too easily, and made some decisions that were a little questionable. For example, (view spoiler)[after she finds Isaac in bed with Rachel. Granted they Adria and Isaac weren't together yet, but if I was her, I would want to know if Isaac had any other relationships with the other females in the house, and what the extent of those relationships were. To me, Adria just accepted that whole situation too quickly. (hide spoiler)] I started finding her a bit annoying in some parts as well. 
 The other thing I didn't like was that Harry, her supposed best friend, was basically dropped from the story after she found out about werewolves. He is in the story sporadically, but even after (view spoiler)[Adria and Harry are attacked by a werewolf at the grocery story, and Adria is forced to tell him that werewolves exist (hide spoiler)], he isn't in the story that much. One would think after this, Adria would feel a little more comfortable discussing everything with Harry, but no. 
 Despite all of these things, I actually did like this book, I just didn't love it. It was a little different, and I probably will read the next in the series. As I said above, I think that this might have been more of a set up book, and that the next one will be when the story really begins.