The best part of this book is the cover. First off, the series is called the "Vampire Journals" because of the two scenes where the main character carries a journal with her? I fail to see the significance, other than the hope that it will be confused with the "Vampire Diaries" series.

The story itself just doesn't track. For instance, Caitlin and her brother Sam have this horrible mother and no father, so they're supposed to be incredibly close:

"He was the only constant in her life...He seemed to retain his one soft spot left in the world for her."

Yet inexplicably, he leaves her and runs away to the last town they lived in, and all she gets is a note. That's the last time he enters the story at all. So much for constant. More likely the author needed to get him out of the way so he doesn't get slaughtered by the vampire hitmen that come looking for her soon after. Seems lame.

Don't be fooled by the supposed "forbidden love" plot, either. You'll find no great love here. The vamp Caleb is barely introduced into the story and the two confess their love for each other. Who the heck is this guy?

Come on. Are we really that easy? Authors don't even bother to make it believable anymore; just say it is so and it is. Too bad; underneath the crap was a decent premise.