I liked the art work and the European vs American vampire dichotomy (though inaccurate because there are European myths that feature vampires who can walk in broad daylight.) but that's it.
The anti-hero didn't have any qualities that could make me care about him or not be irritated by him. The characters were like stock characters without good motives and that last bit with James and Abileno is just creepy.
More of a 4.5 stars actually!! I didn't guess I'd love this book that much when I started reading, but it was such a delightful read! I'll definitely read the other books in the series.
For me, it is one of those rare books that started off as a 5 star and ended up as a 3 or 3.5 star read if I'm being generous. The problem is that this book offers so many possibilities with its "plot within a plot within a plot" structure that the end you get doesn't satisfy you as much as the rest of the book.
Another thing I didn't like was some stereotypes, I found the non-American characters almost like a caricature and the wife, Grace didn't have much of a character of her own other than what people thought of her.