Once Burned: A Night Prince Novel by Jeaniene Frost

New series alert, new series alert! 

I love Jeaniene Frost... let me count the ways... actually, if I attempted to accomplish that, we'd likely be here a while.  Instead, I'll dish on her new book and release - the first in a new series, 'Once Burned:  A Night Prince Novel'. 

This series follows vampire Vlad Tepesh, a character spinoff from Jeaniene Frost's popular Night Huntress books.  Along for the ride is Leila, a human that has never been able to lead a normal life due to a freak accident as a teenager- because of that, she is left with some unusual talents.  A combination of fate (or bad luck) and a slip up, Leila ends up 'blowing her cover' and exposes her talents for the world to see.  Leila's exposure attracts the wrong sort of attention, namely a group of vampires set on using her & her gifts to seek revenge on their nemesis - Vlad Tepesh.  And let's just say, when Leila and Vlad meet, the sparks fly - literally. 

This wasn't my favorite book by Jeaniene Frost.  To be honest, I was slightly disappointed when I finished reading 'Once Burned'.  The book fell a little flat for me - both in terms of characters and plot & that surprised me... perhaps because I had been anticipating this release for months.  I didn't feel the connection to the story or to the characters that I normally do when I am reading one of Jeaniene Frost's novels.   It is also important to note that this is the first book in a series, it is not a stand alone read!  And as a fellow reader pointed out, the next book doesn't release until spring 2013! (To that I answered, "Genius takes time!")  However, Jeaniene Frost is amazing...to the point of being brilliant...so even though I was a bit disappointed in 'Once Burned', I'll be waiting for more - like I always am.