myJaxonIf we don’t go crazy once in a while, we’ll all go crazy. - Hawkeye

I have to say “Touch the Dark” by Karen Chance was a great find. It’s a vampire novel, but it doesn’t center around a vamp hunter or a necromancer, but a clairvoyant who grew up in the vampire world. Plus, unlike most of the vampire novels I’ve been reading, this one has the premise that the supernatural community is still in hiding from the humans. One very positive thing about this book was that, unlike most vampire centered novels, Chance didn’t spend too much time on speculating how old the vampires were or their personalities. She really didn’t have to because she used some very familiar names - Christopher Marlowe, Mircea Tepes, Raphael, Louis-Cesar, and Rasputin (who happens to be the bad guy) were just a few of the vampires making an appearance. She gives a little background on each person, but just enough to tell us that she isn’t changing their mortal lives, just the fact that they are vampires. This gives us an idea to their age without spending too much time on them.

If you like the Anita Blake series by L. Hamilton, then you definitely need to check out this series. I already can’t wait to get my hands on the second novel - Claimed by Shadow - and the third one doesn’t come out until next April.