Wow, this is very YA, in some respects. The teenage-girl-in-love passages have me rolling my eyes pretty regularly. That said, I do like that we're getting into an "are they all monsters or not?" situation with the vampires--that's sort of the whole point of this genre, in my opinion, and it makes me happy when a series explores that, instead of just making them pure monstrosities or sexy brooding guys.

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[CW: rape] And then someone hands the main character a pre-opened water bottle at a party, and I think to myself "No, this is YA." I'm wrong, though. And while the would-be rapists' plans end up being foiled, I still found myself, an adult woman, pretty shaken.

I'll keep reading the series, for now, but I could easily be talked into dropping it, too.