Well... after finishing Friday Night Bites, I'm still not sure whether I liked it. I think I do... 
 Good points: 
 1. The idea is really good, with vampires 'coming out' and the Houses etc. All the political stuff along with it makes it very believable. 
 2. Ethan and Merit have great chemistry (ignoring the times when I wanted to bang their heads together). The book altogether was engaging and well-written so no complaints there. 
 Not-so-good points: 
 1. I occasionally thought that the world was not explored enough. Both books so far have mainly focused on vampires and by mentioning shapeshifters, sorcerers, nymphs, fairies, demons etc, I felt like I was missing out a bit. We don't really know anything about them and I wondered if it was necessary to even include all of them. The vampires are well-described and you know what they can and can't do but it's completely the opposite with the other supernatural population. Are they going to play a part in books to come? How did they feel about the vampires coming out? And so on. 
 2. Ethan is apparently a 400(ish) year old powerful Master vampire, yet I never felt that 'power'. I know this may be unfair to say but I almost wanted a bit of bloodshed or a scene where Ethan shows what he's made of, something that makes everyone step back and say "whoa- don't mess with this guy." I don't think the sword fights really showed that. Although that may be because the book involves a lot of vampire politics, instead of action. 
 Overall, it was a good read though. It has potential and I'll probably read the next book. Just by looking at reviews, many have really enjoyed this series so maybe I'm missing something. There seems to be a lot more to come so (fingers crossed), I'll really grow to like it even more.