Moonshine

I really love the characters in this book and Thurman's interpretation of classic fantasy/horror creatures. While it's not that unique in the urban fantasy genre, the tweaked elements (vampires actually have an iron-deficiency disease and are born, werewolves are born and come in castes and levels, etc) make it something a little different. The second novel in the series is an improvement in writing and characterisations - no surprise as the first book is literally Thurman's first book - and the plot was also more interesting. The main criticism I have is that there are a lot of explainer lines, as if the reader didn't read the first book. I can't believe someone would just pick up the second book and need the first one explained so much, but it adds a word count that is unnecessary, especially when reading the books in succession. I first read this book 10 years ago and this is my second reading. I don't think I enjoyed it as much this time, as a more adult reader, but I still love the world and characters Thurman has created here.