An interesting, take on the vampire mythos. A decently complex tough-guy cop main character makes this one stand out from the crowd. Well-written and immersive. ( )

This book intrigued me at first with its unique take on vampires. However, a couple of things spoiled it for me along the way (hence the three star rating).

First, while the author goes into tons of sensory (and sensual) detail about what the main character Kel is feeling, those feelings and desires (particularly the homo-erotic ones) are never really put in context to who was a person *before* he became what he is. It strained credulity for me that he wouldn't mentally process those feelings in terms of his prior human sexual orientation. I thought that needed to be addressed.

It was very frustrating for me when the author would go off on some exposition in the middle of an action scene. Chapter nineteen was very confusing because of this.

Lastly, I was expecting a stand-alone novel with two sequels, not a part one that ends in the middle of the story. If it is a three-parter, please say so up front. ( )

This book intrigued me at first with its unique take on vampires. However, a couple of things spoiled it for me along the way (hence the three star rating).

First, while the author goes into tons of sensory (and sensual) detail about what the main character Kel is feeling, those feelings and desires (particularly the homo-erotic ones) are never really put in context to who was a person *before* he became what he is. It strained credulity for me that he wouldn't mentally process those feelings in terms of his prior human sexual orientation. I thought that needed to be addressed.

It was very frustrating for me when the author would go off on some exposition in the middle of an action scene. Chapter nineteen was very confusing because of this.

Lastly, I was expecting a stand-alone novel with two sequels, not a part one that ends in the middle of the story. If it is a three-parter, please say so up front. ( )