I enjoyed this book. It had some meat to it - the heroine's relationships with family and friends, the relations bewtween vampires and humanity being the meatiest - but it's not a heavy story. There's also a kidnapping, some romance and some sexs. It was actually the romance that gave me the most trouble. The book's namesake, Raphael, is a vampire and the Master of his area. These vampires are not friendly, not hlepful, not integrated into human society (nor do they want to be). They believe that they are better than humans and pretty much think of humans as servants and a food source. Those are just the regular vmapires so you can imagine what a Vampire asmter is like. That said, we do see Rapahel in some vulnerable moments and get glimpses of a softer side in some of the other vampires. I like that these vmapores are more traditionally evil and arrogant even as I found myself getting really really annoyed at their behavior. 
 So why was it the romance that gave me the most trouble? Because Raphael is that all too common trope found in romance and urban fantasy - the uber alpha male. He is attracted to Cynthia, or Cyn as she prefers to be called, a human invesitgator that he hires to find one of his vanpires who has been kidnapped. She is attacted to him, but also finds him aggravating and, having some prior experience with vampires, is initially cautious. I liked that, liked that although she was physically attracted to him, she was clear-eyed enough to resist. Sadly, that doesn't last. Raphael doesn't change, doesn't become more likable or realize he's being an ass. No, Cyn lets her physical attarcttion to him overcome her good sense. 
 So why did I give it a 4 star rating? Because despite my dislike of Raphael, I cared about what happened, I was invovled in the story, I liked Cyn, I liked the worldbuilding, and it's overall a well-written, interesting story.