This is another in a rapidly growing list of books I’ve attempted lately that start out okay, and then fizzle. By the 3/4 mark it became abundantly clear that this book just wasn’t going to get any better - and I regretted sticking it out. There’s nothing really wrong with it: the writing’s fine, the plot’s okay, and the characters aren’t totally dull. But there’s nothing really right with it either: the turns of phrase aren’t stellar, the humour isn’t hilarious, and the action isn’t fully engaging. Since a hum-drum read isn’t exactly conducive to reading in bed after a long day, it took me much longer than usual to finish it. Definitely not a series I’ll be continuing. ( )

inconsistent world building, unpredictable characters, ideas thrown in without consideration of consequences
I wanted to like the book but obviously I am not the target market ( )

A con women get a job working at a very unusual radio station and finds herself in the con for her life. All the Dj's are Vj's (vamps) and need her to help save the station where they work. There are many problems, her past, being human, a dangerous neighbor vamp, a CIA like group that controls everything, her family, and her heart. The vamps are all very interesting and very different from the norm This was and Uf with a great mystery twisted with a con. A very enjoyable read. ( )

I have had this urban fantasy series to read for some time. There are four books in this series. It ended up being an okay vampire urban fantasy read. There are some interesting aspects to the vampires in this book that are new and interesting. I thought the characters were okay but not great. Additionally the plot was a mystery of sorts and again was okay but not great.

Ciara is an ex-con artist trying to stay on the straight and narrow. She ends up taking a job as a marketing intern at the WMMP radio station which it known for it’s authentic 40’s, 80’s, and 90’s rock hours. Shortly into her new job she finds out that the shows are so authentic because they are run by vampires from those eras. These vampires get kind of stuck in the era they died and the radio station provides them something to latch onto and preserves their sanity.

Ciara is shocked and her first instinct is to run, but then she finds out WMMP is under the threat of being bought out by the big corporate conglomeration called Skywave. So Ciara comes up with the idea to actually tout to the world that these DJs are vampires and save the radio station. However things go horribly wrong when some ancient vampires object to this vampire coming out.

This was a decent urban fantasy featuring music and vampires; however I wasn't absolutely captured by the world, characters or story. I kind of felt like everything was just okay. Ciara is an okay character; I enjoyed her past as a con artist and how that comes into play in her new marketing job. She does make a lot of bad decisions throughout though and I didn’t really engage with her all that well as a character.

She ends up dating one of the vamps form the station named Shane. Shane is honestly pretty creepy and I never really liked or engaged with their relationship.

The other vampires at the station are okay as well but lacked depth. Same with the story it just felt a bit awkward and was hard to engage with.

Overall this is an okay urban fantasy but nothing that I was super excited about. There are some interesting ideas here but most of it is pretty typical UF. There’s a lot of great UF out there so I wouldn’t necessarily recommend this series. I would recommend checking out the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews, the October Daye series by Seanan McGuire, the Jane Yellowrock series by Faith Hunter or the Steel and Stone series by Annette Marie instead. I don’t plan on reading future books in this series. ( )

Another vampire book - this one, the vampires tend to fade after awhile, getting confused at the changing times. They are still blood sucking human like monsters, but while they don't age, they generally don't live forever as the distance between their death and current time increases.

Its cute, but typical. Ciara is a plucky former criminal trying to make a new life for herself, gets a job at a radio station that has a unique night program - vampires play the music from their life. Of course, the radio station is having problems, might be sold, yada yada yada. And its up to our plucky heroine to save it.

I did enjoy reading it - its like most other vampire stories out there. The writing is solid, characters are a bit more than stereotypical. Enjoyable Sunday afternoon fluffy read. ( )