I don't really know what to think of this book. I like the general idea, what with a boarding school-like place for fledgling vampyres, and some seemingly original takes on the vampyre world (they worship a goddess! they're not that bad!) but other than that... the story just isn't that great, mostly because of the way the Casts craft their characters. Take the main character, Zoey, for example. I find myself... kind of hating her. It's against my will, but something about her rubs me the wrong way. And then there's Stevie Rae... she's so sweet and cute and Okie (or whatever Zoey called her) with her cowboy boots and her "hey y'all" and her general optimistic, give-everyone-a-chance attitude... and it's just so stereotypical it's kind of sad. The authors could have crafted an amazing, original character to stand by Zoey, but instead they just basically took a random stereotypical cowgirl, named her Stevie Rae, and plopped her in the middle of vampyre stuff. Despite the fact that the characters weren't crafted as well as they could have been, I still liked the idea the Cast's had, and I'll continue reading the series.