Review: Vampires, Slayers and Empaths? Oh my!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 3, 2013
First - let me know, that I was completely surprised that Tijan had written a supernatural novel (totally not her usual genre). The story is about Davy, a girl in college who is an empath - I'll let you read more about that than try to describe it, but part of her ability allows her to sense the presence of vampires. Davy volunteers at a suicide hotline and the book begins with her trying to talk a girl down from a room (a girl who initially called into the hotline) and who then kills herself and Davy witnesses it.Vampires are amassing in her town and around her school and Davy thinks something is happening but she doesn't know what. Her Friend Kates is back in town, and hanging around with vampires, though she's a slayer and it's in her blood to kill them. I was a bit confused about what was going on until halfway in when more is revealed. (but the good kind of confused). Davy needs to figure out what's going on with all these vampires flocking in around her.Enter Luke Roane - a dark haired, dark eyed vampire that is helping Davy. She doesn't know why, or what his ulterior motive is, but throw in vampires, empaths, slayers, old grudges and an immortal prophecy and you have my interest!It's nice to see Tijan writing something that's not about angsty, jaded and dysfunctional teens (not saying I don't love those books because I DO!) I'm curious to see where this story goes, and look forward to reading more in the series.A good choice if you like Tijan's writing but want a little less angry in the characters!