I actually struggled to finish this book. There was a lot of hype over this book and I have to admit that I was looking forward to getting back into vampires again! However, I’m not sure this was the book to pull me back in to that world. I have struggled with this author’s writing in her other books as well so it may just be that her writing style is not something I enjoy, just a matter of taste. The story itself felt long and drawn out and did not have what I believe was the intended effect at each twist, turn, and revelation. Even the romance, which I think is the pull for vampire stories (the ill-fated, impossibility of it) did not work for me. I didn’t find myself pulling for the main relationship and felt even less convinced of the secondary romantic element.