Garden of Secret and Shadow by Madalyn Rae is book one in The Vampires of New Orleans. This is the first book I’m reading by this author but oh my gosh what a book. When I read the blurb of this book I just knew I had to read it as it has two of my favorite things together… vampires and New Orleans. This was a quick read and pretty fast paced. Once the action started it happened all the way through. Sometimes it felt a bit much but that might just be me. The plot of the story was pretty fascinating and intriguing and the twists kept coming. There wasn’t much worldbuilding but it could be just setting up for that to happen in the next book but you are given plenty of information to keep you satisfied. Either way the book kept my interest until the end of the book. I read it in about a day never wanting to really put the book down. The characters are interesting and written well. It was suspenseful, had funny moments and just chaos. Definitely looking forward to the next book. 

Final review:

4 out of 5 stars