I have read this book a couple of times before. I wanted to reread it before I continued the rest of the series as a refresher of what has happened. 
 I would say upon first reading Touch the Dark, I would give it four stars. But when you reread them all, back to back, you start to see little nuggets of the smallest information that make the biggest difference later in the series. 
 Cassie Palmer has exactly an hour to save her own life, according to the obituary headlining on the newspaper- with tomorrow's date. 
 She doesn't waste any time and prepares to skip town- but there are a few things that keep her from leaving immediately. One, being her friend and roommate, Thomas. She helped him get off the streets and got him a job. She owed it to him to let him know she needed to leave, and that he should go into hiding as well in case he was targeted for having anything to do with her. 
 The second reason being the group of thugs barring their escape. Powerful, mafia vampire thugs, sent by none other than the man Cassie despises most in the world to collect-or kill her- for using her abilities to escape his grasp and take down his business. 
 Cassie knows vampires are bad news, and would prefer to avoid them at all cost. But when she ends up under the protection of the vampire senate, she knows that this dangerous, magical political game won't turn out in her favor. Everyone is one step ahead of her, but not for long... 
 After rereading for the fourth (?) time, I would still give this a five star. I recommend this book, and will more than likely reread the series a few more times after its completion. (If it isn't completed already. I am not sure.)