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I listened to the audiobook of this one, so my review reflects that. I think an audio experience colors my opinions in a big way. The narrator is a pretty popular one. She did a great job, although her voice is a bit sweet on the female lead's parts. Her Croatian accent (I think they're Croatian) was amazing. Not one you hear regularly, so kudos to her for that. It really delineated the male characters.

I enjoyed this story, but honestly, it left me more interested in what is coming up for the rest of the Nightwalkers. Jacob was a sort of blah character for me...his emotions just didn't resonate all that often. And Isabella (Bella and Jacob...haha!) was too syrupy sweet at times. A little too perfect, she won all of the big baddies over way too easily. There was little to no conflict for her when she found out about this other race of beings. She literally accepted it within a few pages. There was just no angst, nothing stopping this romance from moving at a ridiculously fast clip. The timeline for the story is maybe a week? Less?

One of the reasons I love paranormal romance is that the protagonists tend to be 'fated and mated', which leaves little room for that angst. However, if they accept it like this and move on to other important matters, there is no wooing, no chase, no build up. And if there's no balance there, then it's hardly romance.

What was very enjoyable was the action, the series story arc and setup. Humans are the bad guys in this series, or at least humans who try to trap and enslave the Nightwalkers.

I think that perhaps this book suffered from first-in-a-series syndrome. There was a lot of explaining, a lot of setup, an introduction to the world and all of it's subsequent book's characters. So the action and the romance took a bit of a backseat. Still, Gideon and Noah are mighty interesting tough guys and I'm excited to get to their romances.