The very first chapter had me just as fascinated as Julian was as we watched Kate (quite unknowingly) put on that little show in the parking lot of the Shelter she volunteered. It is the importance to details, here and all through the story that brings the characters true to life. It also made me wonder what Kate would have thought, had she known, something as simple as dropping her keys was about to change her life forever. I felt like this was the defining moment Julian knew he was going to have her, for just one night. ( yeah, right?)
I have read hundreds of vampire stories, and what I really liked here was the fact that Julian, although he is in fact knock me down and do me gorgeous, he is by far not perfect. He makes a few bad calculations and he isn't the strongest vamp around, at least not until his friend Reese, who is an older vamp gives him some of his blood, that gives him a fighting chance when he decides to take on Evangeline, his maker. She wants Julian, who never wanted her, and when she learns of Julian being with Kate, well, that's when things get intense....But I have to say, this isn't your usual, beautiful woman meets dangerous, dark vamp and fawns all over him, & they spend eternity together. no no no ....First off, Kate is not teenage model material, she has her flaws just like the rest of us, and she's a little older, and a little heavier than she'd like to be. and her " forever" with Julian is not a given. One lusty, erotic, fantasy filled night in the arms of a stranger, does not forever make....at least it's suppose to only be one night, remember? Hell, she doesn't even know that he's a vampire. A lot is going to happen before that little cat is let out of the bag...which brings me to Kate's BFF Mazzie. She is one tough cookie, and she is fierce with her loyalty to Kate, and I am still waiting to find out what in the 7 hells went on in that bathroom between her & Julian. And way later with Mazzie, laying in a pool of blood when Reese finds her and Julian is going insane looking for Kate who is no where to be found....& Insert cliffhanger here..
I do recommend this to 18+ readers.