Review: Decent YA Time Pass, Writing Slightly Naive
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 8, 2013
Cassie and Darren are werewolf mates when a school friend of Darren's, Claire decides to look him up after becoming a vampire.I found the story line decent but a bit naive and juvenile.  In this universe werewolves are born and vampire's are made.  So before Claire was turned she didn't know that Darren was a werewolf.The story is told in first person from Cassie's perspective.  My issue is that several times I felt pulled out of the story as if I was getting told things I would need to know.  Instead of allowing the information to flow from the interactions of the characters and their dialogue.Other issues I had were in Universe building.  When given the back story of Claire I am not sure  how or why she was turned.  Traditionally there is an exchange of blood when the human is near death, but this part was not mentioned in the story telling.  So when she "feeds" from the first time I am not sure whether the donor was turned or just left.As for the werewolf mating, Cassie's sister was married to a human.  I don't know if they were mates, whether mating happens to everyone or only some werewolves.  In addition, I would assume when a mate was found it would have to be introduced to the pack and things that Cassie didn't know would have been taught even if they were orphans.  In fact I didn't understand why the pack didn't take care of them.  In addition, it didn't make sense to me why the werewolves could only turn one night a month especially as they were a separate species.  I didn't feel the werewolf culture was explained enough, i.e. Were they long lived, Was it possible for Darren and Cassie to ignore the other one, other questions would get into spoiler territory.Finally, this is why I think this story is designed more for the YA reader.  The intimate scenes are not described beyond kissing.  The mating pull seemed to be a bit naive.  I wondered why Cassie didn't wipe the floor with Claire the first time she made a pass at Darren.  I don't want to go into spoilers, but I found the ending a bit saccharine...too sweet.I think with a little maturity the author will do well but at this time he needs a little bit more editing for content.I can recommend for YA for a decent time pass.