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Book Review of Touch the Dark (Cassandra Palmer, Bk 1)

Touch the Dark (Cassandra Palmer, Bk 1)
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I am a big urban fantasy fan, and I thought the book's premise was solid. But after the first few pages, the book quickly deteriorated into a racier version of Twilight. It read like a softcore version of a teen fantasy and has little to add to an already tired genre. Unfortunately, there are no redeeming strokes of brilliance in this book. The writing is uneven and confusing at times (maybe an attempt to add mystery to this otherwise entirely predictable novel?). The characters- including the plucky heroine- are one-dimensional and unengaging. I could barely keep from rolling my eyes as vampire after vampire inexplicably collapsed with desire over the flat, boring heroine. Pass on this one.