Janette Y. (nanajly) reviewed on 2/3/2010 + 8 more book reviews

CSI vampire style; if you enjoy watching CSI and like other creatures of the night, you wil enjoy this book. It is a first in a series and I am planning on reading the others.
It is a light book, not an angst series full of dark, dominating alpha males and submissive females. Caine is the leader of the team, a vampire over 200 year old. He is a complex person that I hope to learn more about over time. When Caine sees Eve, a human assigned to help with a murder, he thinks Barbie doll and isn't looking forward to working with her.
Eve seems to be the typical heroine, blond, blue eyes, cute; but the author has given her some backbone that she shows to the other members of the team and in her professional behavior. In some scenes, however, she becomes the typical herione; in tears after being attacked. The secondary characters are interesting and I am looking forward to meeting them in other books.
The world the author has created is unique, different from the normal paranormal world. This makes the city and story interesting, yet stays true to some of the normal aspects of roles (vampires drink blood; werewolves eat meat, witches cast spells).
It is a mystery and the author does a good job in keeping the reader in suspense of who the murderer is, although you know why it is happening before the OCU team does. They typical red herring and ending, but enjoyable. It definitely has room for improvement, but the potential is there.
For those who enjoy an erotic book, full of steam and graphic details you will not find it in this book. The sexual tension, the love scenes are perfect for those who don't enjoy the erotic stories. Very enjoyable but not over the top.
The negative aspect that really bothers me and I hope are explained in the future are how the vampires kept from overunning the world with vampires if a bite caused the person to turn into a vampire. The story had it weak moments and showed there was room for improvement, but the begining of a new series is always weak to some extent. What is important is that it has potential and I am looking forward to reading more books by this author.
I would give it a 3.5 due to the mistakes in the book, contraditions in some areas, but the good of the book outweights the bad.
So far, a keeper for me.

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