3.5 Stars

I liked it but not enough to continue the series any time soon.

It has a lot of my favorite elements but it is also a bit too..... 'Rinse an Repeat' for me right now.

There is adult intimate scenes, suspense, crime and a touch of mystery.

But it just didn't come anywhere near to 'Wowing' me.

I'm a bit bored with this series. ( )

I really enjoyed this vampire romance because I love characters who are genuinely shut off from their emotions. I did think that the hero's reasons for the disconnect were valid, though I would've liked to have known a little more about what happened to the rest of his family. I thought the heroine's reasons were a little flimsy and could've been shored up. I just don't believe her issues would've caused the psychological damage she professed and it was validated by how quickly she moved past them. There was only one thing in the story that I found a little disturbing. In this particular world once you become a vampire you have to cut all ties to your old life. You can no longer visit family or friends. I understand the reasoning (i.e. you don't grow old), but it seemed a little harsh to me that a father wouldn't be allowed to visit his son. That his child would have to grow up believing that his father had abandoned him. I would've thought that an exception would be made if there were children involved, but that's just me. *gggg

That said, I still really enjoyed the storyline and would highly recommend the book. The only thing I wish I had done was finish the books prior to this one. (I'm about halfway through the second book in this series.) I didn't realize so much info from the previous books would tie into this one. It's not the kind of story that you can't understand what's going on, but it definitely helps to have read the previous books to get a grasp on the characters. ( )