This is not a clean and sanitized Twilight-esque vampire novel, nor is a sweet romance where the vampires never kill people. Instead it is a dark, gritty novel. The main character starts out the novel as a prostitute, unwillingly hooked on drugs so that she becomes a virtual slave to her pimp. The vampire we know best doesn’t think twice about killing people, although he doesn’t have to do so to survive. Yet, despite that I enjoyed reading the story. The author doesn’t explain much of anything about his vampires (ie: where vampires come from, how their society is organized, etc) and left me thirsting for the next novel, hoping to find out more about these things.
This isn’t really a novel I would generally pick up. However, the author gives it away (as do Barnes and Noble and a few other sellers) just to get his work to his audience, and really, who turns down a free book? I’m glad I read it though, because I really did enjoy it.