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The Good

The story

You have Amaliya and Amaliya was turned into a vampire by her professor. The professor decides that he wants to really screw with Amal (in more ways than one) and just lets her loose onto the human population. The professor, Amal's Maker (he's actually called "The Summoner"), gives Amal no instruction, no limitations, and literally stalks her to see what type of damage Amal causes while learning the vampire ropes.

Amal has had a hard life and is a real fighter. So, when she is basically made one of the undead, she is going to do whatever possible to survive being a vampire. She sets out to learn more about her new status but along the way, certain aspects of her lifestyle, specifically the fact she needs to feed kind of causes problems. Like how does one stop feeding off of a human once you start?

How does Amal learn everything? It is all trial and error. With trial and error, comes lots of bloodshed. Oops, I think Amal just sucked another human dry. It’s not like she wants to, she is clearly remorseful and that makes her want to find a better way to do what she does. So, she goes on a search for vampire, that is where Cian comes into the story.

With Cian’s help, Amal learns the ropes. However, The Summoner is not too happy with Cian's interference. The Summoner is extremely powerful, before he was a vampire, he dabbled in necromancy. Combine the two, and you have one seriously powerful and messed up vampire.

So now that Cian and Amal are joined at the hip (and eventually at the lips, tongue and various other parts), the Summoner is mad and well, he’s not going to take it anymore.

The characters

Besides Cian and Amal, you have a great assortment of side characters
Samantha- Cian’s fiancée. Now all you people who hate cheating. Never fear, this is not what you think. Seriously.
Roberto- Cian’s butler; or as Amal calls him “Cian's bitch”. He doesn’t want to share Cian with anyone and lets his feeling be known.
Grandmamma- best grandma character ever! Loved her.

The Bad

Some errors

I think this book has been edited quite a few times since she originally released it but there are still a few clumsy passages or flat out errors. For example, in one paragraph, the author meant to write “Jeff” but instead wrote “Cian”. I knew she didn’t mean “Cian” since he wasn’t in the scene for that part of the book and this was dialogue.

The clumsiness and errors did not take away from the overall story. I think that in itself is a testament to how good the actual story is.

Beginning dragged

Poor Amaliya. Seriously, she had some horrible luck in the beginning of the book. The first 25 to 30 percent of the book is Amal trying to survive her new vampire status. She is Hungry, and she needs to Feed. It is depressing to the reader to go through Amal’s struggles for so long. I kept thinking “enough already”.

Later in the book, you discover how significant those struggles are. The fact that Amal lives through those first few days’ means something. I just can’t tell you.

The cover

I hate the cover. Not because it is gross or scary but because it doesn’t really reflect the story as a whole. This book isn’t a horror book. Sure, there are horrific elements and the author does not spare us any graphic detail but it is also an urban fantasy, has lots of witty humor and even a very charming romance.

Overall

How much did I like this one? If I could have (work got in the way), I would have not stopped reading it. When I was done, I wanted another book- asap!

Disclaimer- The book is only 1.99 right now so if I’m wrong and the book sucks, you aren’t wasting a ton of money.