Elizabeth S. (bethnorthwest) reviewed on 4/5/2012

Helpful Score: 2

I've got to disagree with the good reviews here. I just finished this book and am beyond disappointed. I wanted to scream and throw it against the wall, or dunk it in the tub, or burn it, but there's someone else waiting for it so I restrained those urges.

Points in its favor: It was engaging enough to finish. It was a different take on the vampire genre with a mix of the familiar and unfamiliar. There were one or two decently-developed characters.

Otherwise it was like literary junk food that felt all the way through like it was specifically written to be turned into a bad but money-making vampire/zombie/virus movie. It wasn't terrible enough to abandon but I still felt duped while reading it and completely dissatisfied when it was finished. So they'll make it into a movie... or two... or three. It will have its place in the mass consumer supernatural gore flick marketplace, but not on my bookshelf.

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