Hmm, I am so mixed on this book. It needed more editing - not due to errors or grammar issues, but the first half was just way too long and went nowhere.I listened to the audio version of this book and the narration was done well. After enjoying the first book - I gave it 3 stars -- I expected the same out of this book. However, the first 50% of Blood Cross was barely 2 stars. This book is a rare book in that the world building is strong, the characters are well written and do not annoy me, but the beginning of the story was just boring. It took too long to establish a story line. Too long. I wondered for 1/2 of this book if there would be a story line. Well it appeared at around 50% -- and it was good. The last 1/2 of this book saved the book for me. It picked up in pace and interest. I plan to continue to the next in the series as I have the audio of #3 and the world/characters are decent.I can't get a handle on what the author is saying about religion or if she has a message, I know whenever she starts talking about religion or makes comments on certain female vampires's sexuality it makes me really uncomfortable. Anyone else? I get the feeling there is a broader message being subtly conveyed here and I am not sure if I like it, but I also can't tell if I am reading too much into it. So at some point, I will continue on to #3.
