I'd had this series recommended to me so many times that I've lost count. I've long since wanted to read another good vampire hunter series ever since Laurell K Hamilton's Anita Blake series started going downhill. I finally started reading this series & I just had to wonder... why was I even wasting my time with the Anita Blake series?

Since so many other people have outlined the plot, I'm not going to bother repeating it here. The book starts off slowly. VERY slowly, in fact. It took me a while to get past the first few chapters, but the pace did pick up just as other reviewers here said it did. Once it did, I found myself unable to put it down! Much of the action of the book happens in the span of one night, but that doesn't mean that the plot is boring or overdone! (Quite the contrary!) I also loved the characters, especially that of the main character Damali. She's incredibly likable and she's got a very good chemistry with her teammates.

While it is a bit frustrated that things were left so incredibly open ended by the finish of the book, it also left me wanting more. Since all reports say that it keeps getting better (so far I'm on #2 & the action is much better), I'm predicting a bright future for this series.