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Most urban fantasy novels are written in first-person or, if in third person, they stick to one person's point of view. Future novels in the series might be from a different character's viewpoint, or alternate between two characters, once the audience has gotten to know and love the secondary characters. While this is by no means written in stone, it is harder for a reader to fall in love with multiple characters in the first book of a series, and this is what NIGHT OWLS tries to do. It starts out alternating between Valerie's and Elly's third-person points of view, and then halfway through we have Chaz's point of view. Valerie seems cold and distant (maybe this is intentional since she's a vampire); Elly seems young and confused (which she is, but it makes her hard to pin down or relate to); and then along comes Chaz, who is much easier to like, and in his scenes gains the reader's understanding and sympathy in a way Val and Elly never do. Since there are four major characters --- Val, Elly, Chaz, and Cavale --- I kept waiting for Cavale's point of view, which was never presented. The story thus felt rather unbalanced. I also wondered why our heroes slaughtered most of the Jackals on sight but foolishly let their leader go free, not once, but twice! You know that's going to come back to haunt them! Still a good read, with some original elements. The way Val turns humans into vampires is extremely gory --- and painful!Read full review
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