Sunrise at Sunset by Jaz Primo

Sunrise at Sunset is a very interesting twist on the vampire stories I’ve read lately. Instead of the main character being a smoldering male vampire who goes after the human female, the roles are reversed this time. I think this is the book’s strength and weakness. It was a refreshing change, and I honestly didn’t know how the story would play out. I also like the fact that this story kept the traditional rule of “sunlight kills”. A lot of vampire stories are trying to get away from this rule lately, and I liked that this rule was kept.

The story I feel is more romance than vampire action, and that was fine with me. It tells a nice story of girl meets boy, girl courts boy, and let the action begin. The characters were definitely interesting, especially the vampires. The main weak link was the male human lead. It truly is an unbalanced relationship, and I can only guess that was the intention, but it was hard to read through those parts where it was focused on. A vampire even tells the man, named Caleb, in the story, that he is a mate, not a partner, because Katrina (main character) is better than he is in every way. It was really just hammered home about how small and insignificant Caleb is, and that didn’t make for interesting reading.

Despite that major complaint, it was a very good story that I enjoyed. When the focus was on Katrina and Caleb, and not how weak he is, it was real solid.

Strengths:

• The vampires in the story are all very interesting.
• Refreshing change of pace with characters and their roles.
• The romance plot, when not ridiculing Caleb, is well done.

Weaknesses:

• The relationship between Caleb and Katrina is very one-sided. He is weak, both in spirit and will, and this point is repeated throughout. I kept waiting for the “turning point”, where Caleb would come into his own, but this doesn’t really happen in my opinion.