Really fast paced read about Vampires! It's more of a story about a group of six beings than a romance. Although they do touch on it. This is the first book of the circle trilogy. Basic gist of the firzt book is that there is going to be a war between a newly forming circle of six and a Vampire army. The group strugglesa to prepare. Each one is brought to the group at the charge of the goddess Morrigan. They all have their own skills. There is a sorceror, a witch, a scholar, a shapeshifter, a warrior, and a vampire (good guy fighting with the six against the rest of the vampires). They have some battles but the big fight is sti.l on the way. This is the book that lays the ground work for books two and three. I liked it even though I thought it might get a little cheezy like some of the other vampire books out there.