Marjorie M. Liu's works are usually spectacular, and A TASTE OF CRIMSON is no exception. L.A. is divided into vampires and werewolves...oh yeah, and humans who don't trust either. Ironically, while the day-loving werewolves are forced into ghettos below the streets, the vampires reign in shiny glass highrise buildings, with the humans squashed between. However, someone is murdering vampires, possibly to mess with a proposed treaty. Michael has long been the vampire charged with bringing his kin to final justice, and Keeli Maddox finds herself siding with him to help investigate, an act that marks her as an outsider, no matter her familial connections. In addition, everyone seems to be waiting for her to go crazy and reveal the lunacy found in the Maddox blood. This isn't the best time for an inter-species romance, but when is?

Excellently written, A TASTE OF CRIMSON depicts a city divided and those who wish to see it remain so. This is a great book!