2 September 2014: $1.99 on Kindle 
 Reading (1st time) with read with Maru, Sarah, & Aly - I'm a little behind though... :P 
 I'm trying to figure out what to rate this. I think I'll put down my thoughts and then see where I end up. This wasn't a bad book, but it definitely wasn't all I was hoping for either. *sigh* 
 Vlad. Oh, Vlad, where are you? 
 And that's probably my number one problem. This was not the Vlad that I've come to know and love from the Night Huntress series. Granted it's been a while since I've read them, but Vlad was always such a larger than life character, I couldn't wait to know more about him. I feel like I got a watered down version of him. Vlad falling in insta-love (I don't care that he says it's not love, he acts like it's love) with anyone, much less a human - pfft. How'd that happen. 
 It's not that I don't like Leila, I just don't think she's someone Vlad would have fallen in insta-love. I feel like she's incredibly immature still. The lack of human interactions, because of her "condition" seemed to have stunted her decision making and thought processes. Again, not a bad thing. I'd like to see the growth. I enjoyed seeing her come into herself, and her powers, and not hate herself quite so much. Vlad's just not the type to put up with this so much. And he absolutely takes a lot more (even admitting it himself to her) than he would or has from anyone else. 
 The "mystery" and villain were just okay. Nothing super interesting, kind of predictable (except where the villain was making his home (view spoiler)[talk about balls!! (hide spoiler)].) 
 And then there was the cameo by Cat & Bones and Mencheres & Kira. Which seemed to serve no purpose what-so-ever. In fact I'm still not sure why they showed up, and then disappeared nearly as quickly. 
 Shortly into the book I purposely put from my mind that this was a Vlad that I knew and I ended up enjoying the book. It's pretty comforting, and a good read. But cripes, did it have to end on that complete non-ending?? Somehow I just wasn't expecting that. I mean (view spoiler)[we didn't even get closure on if the villain was dead for sure; if Vlad and Leila were gonna work out/stick together; if Leila gets her psychometry powers back... (hide spoiler)] 
 Ya know, it seems like I complained a lot up there. I'm not sure how to say things without it though. These were issues for me. But it was an easy, quick read. Relaxing and didn't require a lot of thought. I would have liked more...of just about everything, but I will continue reading the series - which says something all itself. 
 I guess that puts me at about 3.5 stars.