I enjoyed this book, I really did! It's a beautiful, luster world it tosses us into; New Orleans in the 1870s and vampires?? How could I say no! And the cover is gorgeous as well,,,,

My main gripe with it is something that I have noticed in a few books I've read this year, which is the fact that relationships between characters feel very superficial to me - they are described by the author, they call each other "friend" and whatnot, but overall, I'm missing the why and how they became so close and such good friends. The book mentions sewing, beautiful clothes, and delicious food far more than it shows us scenes where characters bond over things in an extended fashion - and while I did get hungry reading those scenes (goal achieved, I suppose?), it left me craving the (in)human interactions I was waiting for...and then ultimately never got.

So if you want to pick this up to have fun, enjoy yourself and some Victorian-esque vampires, be my guest! You're going to enjoy yourself. But if you, like I, crave the deeper connections between people willing to betray someone they followed for their immortal life span, you might be a bit disappointed by this book.