I vaguely remember reading some of this book years and years ago but never finishing for reasons I don't remember. Overall it's a good book, but maybe not for everyone. I think this book shines best in the second half - there's more action, more mystery, more emotion. The first half is sort of long winded, the characters aren't terribly likeable, and it suddenly jumps into extremely blurred lines between admiration for a child's beauty and pedophilic remarks.

But really, I'll pick up the second book because the ending of this one was so strong and heartening, and with the feeling that it'll be someone's redemption arc. I want to know what happens!

In short, if you like vampires, and a bit of mystery, and everything being described in an erotic manner, including but not limited to: candles, beds, dresses, corpses, fingers, eyes, platonic love, nostalgia, children, mirrors, breasts, young men, sewage, nightly ambiance, etc. Then I highly suggest this book.