Lightning review at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books 
 I've been dying to try the Half-Moon Hollow series for a while and I couldn't resist a book-loving heroine and a charming vampire pairing. This is also my first book that I've read in the series. I'd say readers can make it through without any prior knowledge of the previous books, but I'm sure reading them would help them have a better connection to secondary characters who come up later. 
 I loved Anna as a character. She has severe anxiety, agoraphobia, and hates flying, all due to a very toxic mother who was essentially grooming Anna to become dependent on her so she'd never leave the house. Reading about her upbringing was so sad and I was cheering for her the whole way. 
 However, her romance with Finn felt flat to me as I didn't often feel the emotional connection between them and because Finn's backstory wasn't as fully explained as Anna's. At times, it made their interactions (and there are a lot of them since they're stranded in a forest together) a little boring. 
 If you'd like a paranormal romance with that has some lighthearted, lost-in-the-woods action, I'd recommend Where the Wild Things Bite. But if you're prefer your romances with some emotional depth, you may find this lacking. 
 - Amanda