I’ve always had a kinda thing for vampires. And this author created possibly one of my favorite vampire characters ever in a book. So I totally fell for this story that spans three centuries, two continents and weaves together the magical, mystical, supernatural, into a gut-wrenching paranormal mystery and romance that will have you on the edge of your seat until the end.

But when it comes to the ending, it did not leave me happy. For me, this was the sort of passionate throw the book across the room ending. Without getting into too many spoilers let's say it bothered me how certain characters were oblivious to what was happening and that the vampires who were shown to have such a degree of humanity and capacity to love and sacrifice and didn’t get the chance to see that more fully fulfilled.

Am I being soft on the vampires and hard on the humans in this book? Possibly, but there are also a few other strings left untied in the end. We never get the answers to some of the questions that have had us hanging on for so long. Do I wish I never read the book? Absolutely not, but I wish perhaps there were a way to read this book being less attached to the ending I thought I would get. More clues along the way. And for me, just a bit more resolution.

An interesting read but it took forever to be fully immersed into the story.