I'm not sure how much effort I want to put into a review for a book like this. It served its basic purpose of entertainment, and I've certainly read worse, but I can't recommend it to anyone. The major problem of the book for me was the lack of a strong protagonist. The book bills Miranda as the lead, but she hardly drives the action of the plot. The romance was cheesy and underdeveloped to me. There was a contrived effort toward the appearance of being awesome/cool, and it just felt derivative of the Underworld film franchise. That left a lot of the "epic" moments flat and lame. And of course, the fact that the whole thing is cliched. 
 Anyone who gives this book a try should be warned that there is a pretty graphic and brutal gang rape in the beginning. Honestly, as uncomfortable as it made me, I thought the author handled it well. 
 In the end I skimmed pages. I was impatient to just be done with this book. I don't think I'll be continuing the series.