A lyrical fantasy story that's just a little too heavy on the lyrical, at the expense of having not quite enough story... -- Ariel, The Alien Online
...I'm intrigued enough by the basic premise to follow it at least into the next Book, in hopes things will speed up a bit. -- Victoria Strauss, SF Site
This is a fantasy novel without swords and sorcery, a vampire novel without vampires. -- Jon Courtenay Grimwood, The Guardian