Review: Unexpectedly exciting
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 6, 2013
This was a pretty good book. By that I mean it kept me entertained even when it felt like it was taking me extra long to read it. .  I did not realize this book was as long as it is because I read it on my Kindle.  I would have made two good books, but it made a fine book altogether. I don't think I missed out on anything by it being one book in itself. To me, it just meant I had more content to explore.There were plenty of great elements in this story. There was a good storyline, the characters were well defined, and the world in which they live was easy for me to imagine. There was love, deceit, conflict and despair and just so many different emotions flying all over the place that you could almost see the looks on the characters faces in each scene. I can't say I remember reading anything recently that made me so angry at the characters who were acting like jerks or who were lying. I wanted everyone to work things out and learn to work together. I just wanted to yell at them all, "Why can't you guys just see that you need each other to survive!" It made me so angry that Elite were so greedy and mean with the Amiti, who were there to help them but were rewarded with slavery in so many cases. I felt genuine sympathy and anger with these characters, which is not something I can honestly say happens to me to such a real degree.I enjoyed the historical elements to this book as well. I love love love Egyptian legends and stories. I've always wanted to study Egyptian archaeology, so having so much Egyptology based elements was awesome to me. It gave me more to the story that I could connect to because in some ways it felt familiar.The storyline is pretty easy to follow if you pay attention. It is well planned out and will keep you attention. She introduces the characters in a way that is thorough and well placed. She gives you enough back-story for each character throughout the book that you understand the characters and their flaws, but continue to learn about them during the entire book. She has given her vampire story a unique spin that is quite refreshing to read after such a huge boost in vampire books over recent years.This was this first installment to her Vampire Elite Series. I really look forward to reading the rest of the series, especially if the rest are as well done as this one. I'm very interested to see where else she is going to take these characters.I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a different kind of Vampire book that doesn't fall into the typical Paranormal Romance category. There is an array of emotions expressed throughout the book, so be prepared to feel something. It does not give you the usual warm fuzzies that many paranormal romances will give you.