Review: Painful.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 03 5, 2014
I received a copy of the book free in exchange for an honest review, via StoryCartel.  And, honestly, that is the only reason I read the entire book.  About a quarter of the way through the book, I came to Amazon to read the reviews, hoping to find that the story got better; the plethora of 4 and 5 star reviews honestly boggles my mind.The main character, Cate, is a vapid, socialite bimbo.  She and the other main "good guy" vampire characters treat feeding on humans with a callow disdain that turned my stomach.  Referring to human victims as "menu items" or "fast food" made me root for all the vampires to meet a sudden, painful end.In addition to the unsympathetic characters and a very thin, not-at-all-riveting plot, the book was riddled with punctuation, grammar, and typographical errors.  Either the author or her editor should invest in a grammar handbook and actually study it.  The author also used a strange combination of real names for real places and made-up names for real places that I didn't understand at all.  If you're going to describe the exact location and reputation of a world-famous hotel, why bother changing the name?  It made it look more like she forgot to fact-check than that she changed the name for...well, whatever reason she changed the name for.  There were also a couple of continuity errors and strange things that a vampire having trouble going to sleep for the day that just made me shake my head.One last thing that really bothered my about the book was the "vampire pinch."  Yep, it's the Vulcan pinch, only apparently only for vampires.  Really?Overall, I felt like this book was a waste of my time and energy with nothing to recommend it.