It was just boring, and felt shallow. I think there were some interesting ideas in there (particularly the interpretation of vampirism), but it was very surface-level, and the writing felt… juvenile? I understand that heavy-handedness is probably common in Christian fiction (and arguably, might even be a feature, not a bug), but it did make me laugh. 

Furthermore, the world is so empty. We’re given a time period and a place for the setting, but it came across as though the author had done no research.