Night Watch
Annie Anderson
Overall: 3/5
Plot and themes: 2/5
Characters: 3/5
Writing style: 2/5
Attention-grabbing: 3/5
Night Watch is the first in an urban fantasy series following the life of Sloane Cabot, a recently resurrected blood drinker who can't really seem to catch a break. First, she wakes up at the foot of her and her parents' grave with no memory of how she got there. Then she finds out that she requires blood to survive, which also is occasionally accompanied by the need to eat souls. And the supernatural police force also has a bounty on her head.
Not the worst book ever of course, but also a bit forgettable. The characters were fun but could have been developed more or given deeper backstories. I'm sure they have more in them but at this point I don't really know anything about any of them. While the vampire-ish thing was quirky, I'm not really understanding how her specific combo of parents makes her have fangs and need blood. I can sort of understand the soul eater thing, but where does the vampire part come in?
The romance is okay too, again not super memorable. She also has that vampire trait of inspiring complete devotion without being a vampire. It also just seems so convenient. You expect a certain degree of convenience with these novels but like the fact that she's been a hunter for a year and she just happened to kill the pack that killed this other vampire's kid and just happened to reveal that during the course of an argument? I just didn't like the things like that. So bottom line, not the worst but nothing special.
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