Probably more of a 4.5 stars, but heck I stayed up late enough to only get 3 hours of sleep last night just to finish it, so what does that tell you?? Enjoyed the unique take on the mythos (or for me it was unique). Also sincerely enjoyed that the mystery was maintained until the end of the book....not that I didn't have my suspicions, but it was different to have them not revealed within the first few chapters. The chemistry between Lucas and Alexis was sometimes not as convincing...it just seemed to happen so fast, and I wasn't always convinced that that was warranted...hence the docking of half a star. Maybe if I thought about it hard enough I would go down to 4 stars, but I'm going with my gut b/c it's not always about the little things but the overall feel when you finish a book...and I really wish the second book was written, so I call that a job well done.