Review: Vampire  love triangle...but little else.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 14, 2014
After reading this first full book in the series, I'm of the opinion that it isn't necessary to read the Prequel first.  Although this book isn't very long, either--at least it's long enough not to leave you scratching your head in confusion (which I did after reading the Prequel first).This series does seem to have some dedicated fans, so probably my opinion won't be very popular.  But I'm entitled to my opinion, so here it comes.The basic premise of Vampires being ruthless and bloodthirsty instead "sparkling" is good.  The writing style isn't bad.  Unfortunately, there is very little world building to explain just how the supernaturals share existence with ordinary humans.  We have Vampires, who are generally vicious killers.  I wondered while reading of Ronan' s exploits (40 humans killed one night, 15 killed another night, etc.) why Humans weren't on the endangered species list.  After all, I gathered that there were many Vampires.  Then there's the Fae.  No real explanation of their scenario, only that they seem to be very powerful.  The supporting Fae female character seemed to only be in the story to act as a moral conscience for our Vampire Heroine.  (The Fae failed big-time at that job, btw).  And the Werewolves almost seemed to be an afterthought to provide some fight action to relieve the constant love triangle angst.  I wanted relief by that time, so was looking forward to the big fight.  Disappointingly,  the big fight didn't even last two kindle pages.  Lastly, I disliked the shallow and weak Heroine even more than I disliked evil Ronan.A little graphic for a very young reader, perhaps not enough substance or development for an Adult.  Maybe YA  will enjoy it.  For me, it needs more world building, more plot than simply a love triangle, and more likeable characters.  I finished it, but I just didn't care much for it, sorry.