A lively and spooktacular supernatural YA with a touch of romance (but not that sappy insta-love). Raven is strong, smart, and lots of fun with a fantastic sense of humor. I appreciate so much about her: how she values friendships, the healthy (and authentic) relationship with her reformed-hippy parents, her indignation at being stuck in Dullsville, and of course her dramatic crush on the sexy new boy in town. We read this as a group read in Fireside and we all loved it! We immediately borrowed the next book (hoopla has the audio, and they are short listens with great narration). This first book in an 8 book series is a strong invitation into a world that resembles our own, with the typical challenges of high school life, and then adds in just the right amount of intrigue.

This was the start of my goth phase and a lovely place to begin. Raven (where my name came from) is quite likable, and the featured Vampire is equally a sweetheart. It's the usual "human worse than monster" story, only the kind with drama a teenager would latch onto, but a fun, easy-to-digest read. ( )

2.5
This book was a quick, cheesy, entertaining read. However, I didn't like Raven. She was childish and annoying. I also feel like we don't get to know Alexander, so how does she, making the insta-love way too much for me. Furthermore, not much really happened in the entire book and the ending is incredibly frustrating.
I will read the second book to see if it gets better, but I have a feeling it wont and that I will feel like these two books should have been merged into one. ( )

It was silly in the best way possible. I will probably read book 2. xD ( )

Easy, fast read; maybe a little cheesy, but it was cute ( )