Review: Great Read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 6, 2013
Review by: Kaylene Osborn for Magic within the PagesJohn Magnus, a marine while on a tour of duty was sent out on a routine mission to rescue wounded marines from an MRAP vehicle. When they arrived the MRAP was torn apart, and not much was recognized as human remains.  His team, and himself are ambushed by creatures and all but him are killed.  He wakes up two months later in hospital, after being treated for his injuries where he receives a letter from his uncle (who he never knew he had).  The letter explains that his uncle knows what happened to him, and that he should make his way to his uncle's pawn shop.  His uncle arranges for him to be honorably discharged much to John's disgust.  When he reaches his uncle's pawn shop he realized that his uncle is a bit eccentric. He listens to him, and comes to the realization that his family calling is to be a vampire hunter.  John is thrown in a room for days with a vampire Lily, who tries to compel him but doesn't succeed.  It seems its all part of the training process that will help John with his vampire hunting powers.  John gains his powers quickly and one of the things I noted was with his power comes an insatiable appetite - he eats massively.  John is in awe of his uncle's abilities, when he follows him to a nest of vampires, which turns out to be a trap.  John escapes but he is very badly hurt and Lily helps him to recover nursing him back to health. Unfortunately Ignatius is captured. Lily seeks the help of a witch and a werewolf to help John with powers to fight the extremely old vampire who has captured Ignatius.The book is full of all things creature, and includes vampires, witches, werewolves and zombies. I really enjoyed the storyline, and I think that if Mr. Moore writes more in the series, then perhaps Lily and John may have a romantic connection, even though she is a vampire and he is a vampire hunter.  There was glimpse of a romantic entanglement throughout the book.I enjoyed the book and gave it four stars.  There were some editing and formatting issues throughout the book.  I also found at times there was a little too much explanation.  However, overall I really enjoyed the book and would definitely read another in this series.I received an ARC copy of this book for an honest review.