The idea of this book is very interesting, but the outcome... not so much.

Let's start with the good things, shall we? I loved how many supernatural creatures there were and how each species interacted with the others. The main character is jewish and it's a big part of him, which was interesting, because I don't know much about jewish culture. Sadly the book got very lecturing at times and... honestly, I don't know why some information was in it. For example: Yani thinks about how Jews are not brawny (can you even say something like that about a people?) and then suddenly the reader gets told about Christoph Columbus and the Jews back then and I was like 'Where's the connection? Why do I need to know this now?'.

Even worse, I couldn't connect with Yani or the other characters. I didn't understand why he so readily accepts there are vampires (his uncle did the same by the way) and I didn't feel the romance. And of course Yani is a special snowflake - I won't tell you more, so no spoilers. Why can't we have MCs who are just normal human beings in a world of supernatural? It would make a nice change, that's for sure.

Disclaimer: I received a free copy through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you. ( )