*I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*

Keeper of the Night is the first in a series focusing on three cousins who inherited from their fathers the role as Keepers of supernatural species. That's because, in the alternate world presented in this book, not only are supernatural species real (vampires, warewolves, shapeshifters, elves, etc.) but these species are perfectly integrated in our society (although pretending to be humans). This first book focus on Rhiannon Gryffald, Keeper of the Canyon vampires, who on her first week on the job, is faced with a serial killer whose victims show signs of having been attacked by a vampire. Rhiannon teams up with Brodie McKay, the elvin detective in charge of the investigation. Their attraction is strong and immediate and, as they work the case and spend more and more time together, impossible to resist...

I liked this alternate world and I liked the characters. I was only sorry the scenes with Rhiannon and Brodie weren't steamier. I mean, we get to watch all the tension between them rising and when they finally give in... let's just say I was expecting more.

A thing I struggled with was memorizing all the different secundary characters, mainly associating their name to their species and function. Maybe that was because there were so many different species...

I'm very curious to read the next book on the series Keeper of the Moon (who was written by another author), centered on Sailor Gryffald, the Elven Keeper. And I was glad to know she'll be pairing up with who I suspected. I knew there was something to that whole “I don't like him because he doesn't like me” story... ( )

My review is posted at the Just A Reader book review blog.

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