ana is a dhampyre, a half blooded witch/vampire. Sadly for her her mother kept her in the dark about her father, and when he shows up on her birthday begging her to not go through with a witch serimony ana begins to question her herritage and what she really is.

this book has so much potential, its a shame it didnt have anything good happen in it. Tate hallaway has a great way with words it shows throughout the book.

However i felt it was lacking something, like the story was too short for the plot and development. It could have easily been an extra 100 pages that built up the story and added the missing grab.

That being said since i did generally enjoy the book and its concept im going to buy the second one in hope that something more happens. ( )

Hmmm...jury is out on this one. I think I need to see how the next book in this series develops.

On the plus side, I liked the Vampire Princess and it wasn't full of annoying teenage angst. Fairly original; original enough I want to read more of the worldbuilding.

On the downside, I sniff a love triangle approaching and everything was pretty easy where it lacked a certain tension; the "easiness" impacted connecting more to characters and story. No urgency to turn the page or get the next book. Strangers were very quick to have very deep emotions for other characters.

Other than the main character, the side characters were not very deeply drawn -- although mostly pretty original and could develop more as series continues. A huge fail for me were the parents. Mom character was kinda erratic where seemed to undergo personality changes as plot needed. Dad who'd never met child before this book was awfully emo and "I love you" -- plus I really hate when centuries (or in this case millenniums) old characters seem like teenagers or normal humans.

hmm. Good book. Vampires vs. Witches, I totally throw my lot in with the vampires. Vampire Hunter witch boy vs. hot vampire knight? Hot vampire knight, all the way.
I am totally team vampire. that's just the way I am.
anyways, about the book. it's about this girl with this long name I can't pronounce. people call her Ana. She's a witch. but she can't do magic. Darn. Especially since, the book starts on her sixteenth birthday when she has to take this witch initiation, which she fails, of course. shortly after, she finds out she's half vampire. shortly after that she finds out she's a vampire princess.
yeah. and that's that.
okay, it may sound cheesy, but it's good. ( )

Eh. This is a weak attempt at a YA genre novel. Sorry, Tate, but your adult novels aren't too far from being YA already ... drop the sex references and you're there. The story wasn't all that interesting, the characters weren't compelling ... there just isn't much to this book. ( )

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From the start I had a problem with Ana’s mother. Protecting your child from monsters? No problem. But the monsters didn’t feel like monsters at all. And the reaction Ana’s mother had, was way overboard. This could be because I’ve read too much Twilight books were vampires aren’t monsters anymore, at least not all of them ;) But putting a spell on your daughter is way over the line…

I also didn’t like Nikolai very much. He acted much too soon with certain things and he didn’t even try to see Ana’s side of the story when he, as a vampire killer, is confronted with her family. I seriously hope she dumps him for Elias who had always wanted the best for her and he’s just so cute ^^

I like the idea behind this story. Especially the fresh, intriguing and unusual way vampires are described in this book. Although sadly enough they still can’t stand the sun ;) . I look forward to find out more about them and what kind of surprises the vampire culture will bring ;)

The ending was a little too soon. I liked the fight between mom and dad, but everything fizzled out. I’d loved to see a bit more action. Not that I like to see dead or hurt witches and vampires, but there was so much tension at the end of the book that I was a bit disappointed that it ended like that, I expected a bit more ;)

Overall rating 3 hearts. It was a nice story to read, but the ending was weak. The idea on the other hand was very refreshing and well done, although the love triangle is a bit cliché ;). Oh well, when it’s written well, it’s worth reading ;) ( )