Customer Reviews
Great Start to a Wonderful Series - By: MarlieR, 12 Oct 2008 
Loved it! Wonderful characters, a swift moving plot, a deft sense of humour & a surprising ending--this book had it alll. And unlike many series I've read, this one keeps getting better with each book. Claimed by Shadow, the sequel, is also a very strong title, & Embrace the Night, the third book in the series, is simply brilliant. The three work together to tell one complex & fascinating tale. Curse the Dawn, the fourth book, is out in April & I can't wait! If you're looking for something a bit different with a stronger plotline & better characterization than normal for genre fiction, this is it!
I really wanted to say I liked this book - By: J. Bowen, 11 Oct 2008 
This is the sort of book that anyone who reads Laurel K. Hamilton or Kim Harrison will probably end up reading.
It's set in an underground of vampires & werewolves that exists in parralel to the human world, & sees a female heroine do battle against the powers that be in that world.
One of my biggest grumbles about Hamilton & Harrison is the fact that there's too much 'love interest' & too little story in their books. That's why I turned to this book. I hoped that I'd get more story. I can't work out quite how wrong I was yet.
Don't get me wrong, the lead protagonist isn't jumping into bed with people, but the story (which sees her try & work out who's killing the Vampire Council in America & how to stop him) feels a little clunky alll the same.
I don't know about you, but when I tell a story I try to weave the back story into the main text fairly seamlessly. I don't want people getting confused about what's going on, but I don't want the back story to get in the way of the story's flow either.
That didn't happen here. Every so often she'd stop to lay this whole exposition about the past on you.
This was ok at first, but it got on my nerves after a while. If you can get your head round that irritating tendency the author has, you might enjoy this book. If you can't you should go elsewhere.
I would read the sequel - By: Alison Ross, 02 Sep 2008 
Deliciously gory & sexy. I liked the well-established supernatural world that Chance created & her exploration of ideas. The magic involved was unusual (in that I hadn't come across it quite like that in a novel before) & the plot was interesting enough to keep me reading until the end, though I don't think I would read it again. The story is a series of detailed, lengthy scenes that takes place over a fairly short space of time & I did find the sometimes slow pace of events irritating at times, but I would buy & read the sequel for more.
Fascinating... Enjoyable - By: M. Block, 27 Jul 2008 
First book I have read by Karen Chance, & found it enjoyable.
I liked Cassie, at times she could be infuriating... but thats normal, charactors can't always do what you want them to do.
I liked the fact that we got loads more magical creatures like demons & mages, & can't wait to read the 2nd in this series.
I definately recommend this book to anyone who likes fantasy, vampire, werewolf type fiction.
Pretty rubbish read - By: BickyJ, 14 Jul 2008 Started slow & lost me... it got good only in the last 3 chapters. I was recommended this by Amazon 'cos I loved the Twilight series but the only thing this book had in common with Twilight was the vampires.
