Hello Alexandra Ivy! Welcome to my list of yes books! Finding new series that have a sense of family and connection can be hard. Honestly it's not at all what I expected to find here. But lo and behold I did! I was reminded a bit of the BDB series, which is always a nice comparison in my opinion. 
 It's a story of mortals and Sentinels. Sentinels are humans that were born with special abilities or powers. Freaks, to the more narrow minded. They live in a cloaked city called Valhalla, but from time to time both worlds must interact with each other, especially when crimes are committed. (namely murder) 
 It's when police officer Duncan O'Conner and necromancer Callie Brown get together that people start to notice. Although they must work together, the prejudices are propionate. The living style of the "non-humans", the writing style and the changing of the story's POV to the side characters point of view periodically is what has me making the BDB comparison. I am intrigued and ready for more. 
 My only negative was the cover. Uh - that's not Cassie. It looks more like different side character that was described. It had me flipping to the cover and asking why while I was reading. 
 Giving Born In Blood a solid 4 STARS 
 T~ 
 For more indepth info check out www.ktbookreviews.blogspot.com on 29 December 2013 when Born In Blood stop by during their blog tour with Monster Book Promotions! 
 *Given via Kensington Books/Netgalley