OMG! This book was fantastic! And it was one Book One! I need to buy the rest of the series! Such great story and the characters were SO awesome. It's almost like a Vampiric version of Mean Girls. But the paranormal aspect to it makes it that much more intriguing. I love Dimitri from the start! Very brooding, silent type. Rose is a gung-ho kick ass girl, who sometimes got on my nerves with her sporatic tendencies. Lissa was a character that I had to warm up to. But towards the last third of the book, I liked her a lot more. Surprise favorite character is definitely Christian, but I knew I would end up liking him. He didn't take ANYONE'S crap. A few jaw dropping shockers towards the end of the book, at least for me. And I loved it! Can't wait for book two!