Review: Okay to fill a few hours, but very little substance
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 4, 2012
The ideas involved here are fairly creative, but the plot fails to take full hadvantage of them.  WARNING: Spoilers will follow!1. A woman is determined to save her troubled twin from the latest in a long series of dangerous situations her addictions have landed her in.  This character, our heroine, appears to be a very strong woman with a long history of independence and reliability.  No matter how alluring, it seems unlikely she would change everything about herself for a man she's known less than 24 hours.  Yet that's what she does.2. A vampire detective has kept people at arms' length for over a century.  It seems equally unlikely he would lose such practiced control within moments, falling for her even faster than she does for him.3. For a scheming, powerful villain, Carlisle is incredibly easy to vanquish.  After all that build-up of suspense and fear, the climax was quite anticlimactic - not to mention abrupt and a little trite.4. The unrealistic semblance of a relationship developing between the suddenly and inexplicably submissive heroine and the strong, dominant vamp sucks the originality out of the otherwise creative story.  It would have been refreshing to read a vamp romance based on something more than lust, but that's really what this promising story becomes in the end.  The girl just happens to be gorgeous.  The vamp just happens to be fantasy-perfect.  She's instantly under his spell, and within a day their clothes are gone and they're supposedly in love (if lust passes for love now).  How many times have we seen that story?  It's worn out.If the actual plot had recieved as much attention as the subplot, this would have been a pretty good book.  The author is talented, and if there's ever a more focused rewrite I would be interested in reading it.  This story is so short and rushed, the author wouldn't even have to change (much of) what's written.  Adding to it here and there to fill it out and add layers of depth would improve Fresh Blood tremendously.A bit of editing is needed; there are typo, syntax, and format issues throughout the book.  However, it is obvious the author is creative and intelligent.  The errors are due to lax editing only, and that's a plus considering the condition of many free ebooks!