Key to Conflict by Talia Gryphon

Favorite Lines: “I’m not sure, is there a special name for sociopathic assholes in fangland?” (275)

The concept behind Key to Conflict is a great one. Unfortunately the writing relies upon telling and not showing. Gillian is a paramortal psychologist who is also a marine. She is sent to Romania to counsel a 400-year-old Master vampire [...]