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A little on the fence with this book and not sure I can put my finger on what was wrong with it. Parts of it were rousing adventure/horror; other parts not so much. I grew tired fast with all the tears and uber testosterone weep-fests that occured after every vampire encounter. And I found vast chunks of the book as weirdly sentimental as Beth's death in Little Women.

Also the style of writing is a little florid. Don't get me wrong, the writing is a cut above most books like this, but poorly edited or something. Multiple times I had to skip back a page to figure out what happened. Author also really likes italics.

But one point in its favor is how Catholic Church is represented. A stuffy but enthusiastic force for good in the secret war against vampires. So I appreciated that the pope wasn't the arch-Nosferatu. I'll have to see the movie based on the book (which I keep hearing raves about) to see if Hollywood keeps that theme in.