This book had a pretty standard plot, and I felt like the beginning of the book moved WAY too fast and was unrealistic. BUT... It snagged me.

The love for Caden was... Your standard "see a vampire, fall in love instantly" combined with you "HE'S SO [standard "tall, athletic, and handsome" attractive description]" type of romance, but it was refreshingly countered by the more developed-over-a-long-term motherly love of Sophie, even if it wasn't professed until closer to the end.

The main character is... Well... Rather naive, as most of them are and the character development wasn't exactly realistic at some points, but it was there none-the-less and decent. She still retained some of her naivety, but by the end of the book she had at least matured in some VERY significant ways. She's a realistic 18 year old, at the very least, not written as if she was 16 or younger instead of her actual age. MUCH better than most authors manage to put into such a short, fast moving book.

And despite the book being very fast paced and the story line being sort of generic, there were some interesting plot twists and unique modification that I didn't see coming. It was well written, there was no childish language for the most part. All in all, it's a good example of what a short "mid-way" young adult book should be. Not quite mature, but not quite rainbows and butterflies, either. I liked that the book didn't have much of a happy ending, though there's more books to the series. It ended on a good note, I think.

I'd definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a quick read between books, especially for the 15 and up crowd.