Ok, here's the thing. As always, Hamilton's got a very smooth, flowing style. Her books are so easy to read, I tend to get through them quite quickly! But for all the brownie points that gets, it doesn't make up for the content.

And it's here that I'm prejudiced. I HATE love triangles. Hate them. They fill me with loathing, always have. This book is one giant triangle. Which is super if that's your thing (I know some people love them). If it's not, you'll be less impressed.

I usually try to separate preferences from quality - there have been books I've given high star ratings even though they don't do it for me, but there's a difference between indifference resulting from not-my-taste, and this. Love triangles get a bad rap because all too often every person involved comes off badly - and that's the case here. Anita, Richard, and Jean-Claude have all become emo, love-struck and absolutely insufferable. I don't mind unlikeable characters. They can be very effective. But when I'm finding ALL the characters less likable that's a problem.

I don't want to read about werewolves tearing sheets and screaming because their girlfriend's slept with a vampire. I want blood and creepiness and horror! And when there's such a fabulously hideous and creepy horrifying thing like Sabin about, it's frustrating to see him get such short shrift in favour of a such a banal thing as Yet Another Triangle.