This book was full of action, danger, and a strong heroine that is unlike others. It’s a story about a woman on a dangerous and difficult mission but it is told with lovely themes of friendship and overcoming hardships.Pros: This story was really exciting and a fun read. The powers the characters possess are varied and spectacular. Every characters’ powers seem so overpowered but it ends up making the battles between them that much more dangerous and wild. The combat scenes were intense yet easy to follow and I would say one of my favorite aspects of the book. There was quite a bit of violence with some pretty serious injuries, similar to Buffy for example. There was also a lot of humor, I literally laughed out loud many times, which I sort of love/hate doing while reading, because then I’m obligated to pause my progress and share the joke with everyone around, who suddenly feel left out. I think this book is a great addition to its genre and I would recommend it to people who like New Adult Urban Supernatural Fantasy books. This was a great start to a series that introduced you the characters and got Lenna started on her journey. The conflict of book 1 is neatly concluded however with an HFN type ending. I’m always curious to see how the vampires will be portrayed in a book, will they sparkle, will they burn, that sort of thing. I really liked the way they were almost just regular people in this book. They even have their own rights issues and prejudices toward them. It will be exciting to read more of the series and learn more about the vampires of this society.Cons: My only issue is that, though it was great there was a diverse cast, some of the characters seemed more like stereotypes than unique individuals. If there had been more than one of each of these races to show differences it wouldn’t have come across this way perhaps but due to the size of the cast each of these characters became the example for their race. The Asian guy is the logical type, and the Hispanic girl comes from an area with gangs, and the Black guy is a huge flirt, things like that. There is no hate there, the supporting characters just lack a bit more dimension. Additionally, more diverse characters could have smoothed this out. For example, another Black guy, this one a feminist, would have shown more variety in personalities, like in the real world.Parent’s Guide/Trigger Warnings: Violence and gore, murder, and sex. Advised for ages 17+.