(I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a review).
(This review may contain spoilers).
I did actually quite like this book more than I thought I would. I’m sick of vampire romances with young adult heroines who fall in love at first sight, so this was a refreshing change from all of those.
I felt that the time frame of this book worked particularly well. I liked Eric as a character and in some ways, I did like his original relationship with Stefan. Things didn’t quite go the way I was hoping with that relationship, though, and I wound up not entirely sure how much of Stefan had been that bad before. I found some things very contradictory.
I did like the relationships between the characters once they formed, but I felt that there was a lot of falling in love at the drop of a hat. The characters were well-defined and intriguing. I also liked the idea of the different kinds of vampire there were.
The setting of the book was believable and I felt the language used mostly worked. I did find my head spinning a bit, though, with all of the twists and turns the storyline was taking. Most of the characters weren’t what they seemed and the ones I thought were good guys changed really quickly.
The descriptions in this book worked particularly well to enable me to picture the events happening inside my mind. This was a dark novel that had intriguing characters and although I didn’t think there was much development allowed for relationships, they still worked well eventually.
I would probably be interested in reading more books by this author at some point in the future. It’s at least free of perfect, Mary Sue characters.
Ink of Blood 