Review: Minus 1 star for editing errors... but it's a great story.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 15, 2010
The prologue and first chapter hooked me, I wanted to know what happened, but the half-book flashback covering the events of the prior week in the story, threw me.  By the time I reached the point where the flashback caught up with reality, I had forgotten I was in a flashback and a part of the story definitely felt disjointed. The smaller flashbacks (a page or less at a time) did not have that problem. I think the story might have been a bit easier to follow if those 2 chapters had been moved to just before the end of the first "act".The continuing battle of minds, bodies, and wills between Count & Meredith kept the story fast paced and engaging.I thoroughly enjoyed the story, and how the author kept things from being too easy for Count by making half of his support-base of friendships inaccessible right when he would need them the most.There are some problems that need to be addressed as far as editing goes, but the story as a whole more than makes up for that fact. I like the way the "magic" of the world is patently "there" but still un-believed in by most "normal" people. I really enjoyed the story and I sympathized with Count having to deal with major situations and not being at 100% capacity himself after getting out of the hospital.