Big Jeff
This is a review of all 3 in the circle trilogy: Morrigan's Cross, Dance of the Gods, Valley of Silence.
No spoilers here.
As the review title indicates, I found the very first book in the series quite anticlimactic. Specifically, the final "conflict" in the book didn't rate to me as particularly epic or action -packed.
However, I liked the premise and I'm a sucker for a good vampire story, so I decided to take the series in aggregate, and rate it as one piece. This makes it about 30 cds long, about the size of a Robert Jordan, or George R.R. Martin endeavor.
This series is a Harlequin Romance with a vampire backdrop. It's much more about the relationships between the main characters than it is about establishing vampire lore, horror, suspense, or action.
I can't recall a meaningful plot twist in the whole series, and I found everything that happened completely, totally predictable.