Review: not a bad read and Raine English has a smooth writing style with few distractions, the characters just didn’t breathe for me
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 18, 2013
The premise of this book held promise: the ridiculous nature of the reality television game, the vampire who hated his nature, a power play and a lottery winner.  But the book started quietly with a retiring heroine without real reason for her rather flat personality, and never quite picked up speed.As a heroine, Melody needed some conflict, some reason for her quietness: it wasn’t really put down to shy, no real envious moments of more outgoing people, and even her reactions to shocking news are flat.  Her character as developed just didn’t grab me as I had hoped.Then we have Gustav or Gus for short.  In line for the throne, only if he marries and turns his bride: he doesn’t like his vampire self, yet his self-described conflict with his nature also never reached out and grabbed me.Moments that could have been exploited for the good: the reality show, the reveal of Gus to Melody and their pairing to fight evil were just quiet and not as tension or laughter filled as I would have wanted.  This carried the feel of a sweet historical romance, even with the paranormal and modern day elements added in.  While not a bad read and Raine English has a smooth writing style with few distractions, the characters just didn’t breathe for me as I had expected or hoped.I received an eBook copy from the publisher via NetGalley for purpose of honest review. I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions are my own responsibility.