Fascinating Blend Of Rare/ Unique Spin On Vampire Lore With Action. This is one of those debut books you don't get very often at all, one where very nearly everything within it works to perfection to make you want that next book... ummm... now please. We get an almost Without Remorse by Tom Clancy storyline going on... that quickly transitions to include vampires. Except when we get into the vampire lore of this particular tale... it isn't the usual stuff. Griffin has taken some usual concepts and worked them his own way, adding his own touches along the way, and produced a very different and very intriguing take on the idea.
And yes, like any book claiming to be a noir, we get the hard boiled detective and his storyline connecting pretty well everything in the book as well.
But then, surprise... *more* interesting developments of a type not often seen these days in particular, used late in perhaps a bit of a rush... but apparently meant to setup a rather explosive Book 2.
The last third of this book in particular, you're going to be racing through, breathless as you can't wait to see what happens next...
And then that tease of an ending, in the most delicious ways. Yes, this book does its primary purpose of making you want the *next* one quite well, so let's all help this debut author know that we want to get that next book ASAP... go buy the book already, read it, and help spread the word!
Very much recommended.