Originally posted on my blog: http://book-spark.blogspot.com/

Review: Now the unique part of the series is that it is a monthly series, so it's a whole bunch of short stories which I suspect will be combined into one huge book. My review is on the first part of the series which is about 12 pages long :)

The beginning of this short story seemed a little out there - a group of young ladies in a Victorian time period are visiting a zoo when a wolf escapes and comes near Katherine (Katie) Harker. Although she has never actually been near a wolf, she beckons him to her and he is happy to come near her and let her rub his muzzle. Katie seems a little foolish for that reason - holding out her hand for a wolf! And an Alpha Male at that! But it sort of makes more sense the more you get into the story.

What I didn't enjoy was the narration. The author is not that great at portraying the historical time period (why can't it just be in present day?) and some of her sentences are kind of senseless. Take this for example: "Once they were safely settled into Dr. Seward's carriage, they all felt much better." Not exactly beautiful composition, but luckily, the whole story is not like that. Also, I don't particularly like the main character, Katie. Take a look at her love life: "Katie, enjoying the attention even though she really was not interested in this young man, smiled very prettily..." Um, what? That is probably exactly the opposite of how I like my heroine to be.

Overall Opinion: Other than these two qualms, I think this was quite an interesting beginning to the series! I enjoyed the stuff about vampires (yes, there are vampires) and Katie's vampiric urges, and the end totally left me hanging and I was left surprised and intrigued. A true cliffhanger! Narration could definitely use a LOT of work though.