Up for some enthralling reading?

I have to admit that over the past few years I haven't been doing as much reading as I like. when I have picked up the odd book I've gone an unusual route (think cyphers, and governmental sabotage,) and have been taking forever to work my way through anything. Recently I've been perusing the writing forums on gaia, and making a few vain attempts to exercise my creativity in a less visual fashion. During my browsing I came across the third installment in a series of novella's that seemed to be getting an unusual amount of attention. I've never been a huge fan of the vampire genre. I've enjoyed the occasional book series, or movie here and there, but it honestly never interested me all that much. I was always more of a werewolf sort of gal. Out of curiosity, and despite expecting the same level of disjointed highschool writing common in the rest of the forum I decided to read a quick exert for no reason other then morbid curiosity. Since the dawn of twilight I'd  taken to avoiding vampire fiction all together, as the sudden rise to popularity produced a lot of romantic swill. Don't get me wrong, i can enjoy a good supernatural romance, but I tend to enjoy it more when the it mirrors more of the reality of how relationships develop, or at least makes the reader work for it.

Despite all of my misgivings, and the nagging notion that I knew better, I gave this series a chance. Although the writing was a bit choppy at first (the series was actually written over the course of a few years, 2009 - ongoing, and it improves dramatically,) The concept was intriguing, the characters were interesting and not completely predictable, and the story itself had a way of pulling me in despite the writer's inexperience. I read the first chapter and I simple had to know what happened next. I just kind of kept reading, even though it totally wasn't my genre. I was hooked.

There will definitely be some ironing out to do once the series is finished. there were a few inconsistencies, but the story was otherwise enthralling enough for me to overlook them. It was an awesome read, and a welcome break from the meaty, intellectual books I've been reading.

You can find the first installment here. Enjoy!