3.5
Decent enough vampire fiction.
The mythos and hierarchy reminded me of that in the Southern Vampire Mysteries which is definitely a good thing. Some decent slow burn romance with an alright pay off.
You could tell there was an attempt at realism in the intimacy portion but it came off a bit unrealistic unfortunately.
Ending felt a little odd and fizzled somewhat. Felt like an attempt at open ended/continuation point.

This story was a great read! I loved the friends to lovers trope in this story. I really believed in the characters and the relationship and how much they cared for one another.

Some elements reminded me of true blood, which isn't bad, just felt like a little redundant but there are only so many takes you can have on vampires.The story had the animosity between vampires and werewolves and a hesitant truce between the two.

It was a good mystery, that for me felt like I solves fairly early on. I'm also not sure how I feel about the ending. I'm not opposed to a follow up book to this story but it also ended in a way that it could be a stand alone.

3.5 Stars

I thought this was an enjoyable story with some excellent world building. The story focuses on a vampire attack against some werewolves and the local vampire district leader has to do his best to find out what happened and who was behind the attack. As he investigates he comes face-to-face with his past, but it is a past but he never would have thought possible.

The story is really about the politics between within the vampire community and between the vampires and the wolves. It is an exciting story with rich characterisation and it definitely drew me in and held my attention. I really wanted to know what had happened and how the mystery would be resolved. The answer wasn't obvious so I was nicely surprised at the end.

I enjoyed the relationship between the main characters particularly as they were attracted to each other but that wasn't immediately obvious. Their relationship was slow burning.

Overall I thought this was a good book to read. It is the first time I have read anything from this author and I will definitely read her books again. My only criticism of this story is that it sometimes felt a bit too slow and I think maybe this might be the first story in a series. It definitely felt like a introduction to a series.

Copy provided by Nine Star Press via Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased review.

This review is based on an ARC.

While most of the common tropes found in vampire novels are present, it does give everything an interesting twist. Some of the twists were quite unexpected and I always appreciate when a book manages to surprise me without ever needing to lie. I enjoyed the characters, though it would have been nice to have a little more backstory it's understandable why there isn't. It's not needed, it would just be nice. All in all very enjoyable.

A very good novel, with interesting characters and an engaging plot.
I liked the way the writer describe the character's feeling and how the plot is developed.
It's a very good urban fantasy with a romantic twist and some spiritual side.
I look forward to reading other books by this author.
Highly recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC