Let me preface this review by saying that there are a few aspects of a romance novel that I require in order to enjoy the book.. first, I want a happy ending where the two main characters end up together. Secondly, I like there to be some “romance”, not just “sex” through most of the story.  This book had neither of these two things.

I have read a few of Ms. MacAlister and enjoyed her humor. I especially liked “Men In Kilts”.  I was hoping that this book would be just as funny.  While it did have some humorous moments and “lines”, it was not as funny as some of her other books.

I started to realize that I was not really enjoying this story when I was half way through and thought to myself.. “They don’t even LIKE each other yet!”.  Sure, the two main characters, Pia Thomason and Kristoff, had sex by then but it was just sex.  No chemistry.  And before they hook up, there is a very odd “sex” scene with Pia and Krisoff’s friend, Alec.  I’m still not sure what was going on there.

Even though I was not liking the story and was starting to get confused by the multitude of characters.. fellow tour group members, vampires, brotherhood members as well as a whole slew of ghosts who followed Pia around.. I still decided to stick it out to atleast see how the hoped for “romance” would come about.  I’ll admit that for the last quarter of the book I skipped some of the details hoping to get to the meat of the romance soon.  Sadly, the romance never happened!  You know that feeling you get when watching a really good television show and it all of a sudden cuts to “to be continued”? Well that’s how I felt at the end of this book. Disappointed and let down.  I enjoy books that are a part of a “series” and I don’t mind if background stories continue from one book to another.  However, in a romance novel, I want the main characters to fall in love in the course of one book.  That was not the case with this book.

I guess that I am forever doomed to not know the fate of Pia and Kristoff because I will NOT be reading the next book in this series.