This was such a good book. It was filled with action and Mr Somper made gutsy move after gutsy move, such as having Connor do something really bad to protect someone that he did not like and I loved how they was explored. I also like his interactions with the Vampirates, brief as they were.
Yet I found Grace's side also interesting having her investigate the ribbon and yet that leading her to explore her own powers same place aboard the Nocturne. I also found her relationships with each of the different crew members both vampire and human were all developed.
Yet the end had such a good plot twist that started out more like people drawing the battle lines but once they had been drawn the plot twist at the very end in the last couple of pages was well excicuted in a way that shocked me. Even though I suspected that there might be a family connection between the Tempast twins and the Vampire captain, I still did not guess that that was it!