Grave Sins follows Jenna Maclaine’s debut novel as the second book in her Cin Craven series. Cin is known as the Red Witch of the Righteous, which is a group of vampires who meet out justice in their world when it’s necessary. This time they must investigate the Queen of the Western Lands to determine if she has been murdering humans. This was a very average paranormal starring an often-seen type of heroine.

For thirteen years, Cin has been a vampire and a member of the Righteous. She has a unique ability to help in the capture of rogue vampires, since she is the only known witch who has ever been turned. Apparently, vampirism doesn’t give any additional magic to the initiate (aside from the intense strength and immortality, of course), it simply augments whatever natural magic the human already possessed. With her scarlet red hair and her signature power, Cin’s reputation has grown over the years and vampires throughout the world fear and respect her.

Now Cin and her consort (mate), Michael, along with fellow Righteous members Devlin and Justine, must figure out what’s going on with a seemingly deranged queen who’s charged with murder. Aside from tracking down a killer, Cin must deal with controlling her own powers. In the first book, she absorbed some dark magic while defeating a villain and, though the Goddess Morrigan did a ritual to remove it, the darkness remained. Cin’s been dealing with this additional power alone, because she’s scared of how her friends will react if they find out what’s inside her.

Another conflict involves Cin and Michael’s relationship, which has previously been rock solid. Basically, Michael gets jealous of a man from his past whose bent on getting back at him by sleeping with Cin. They have their first real fight, which ends up being really juvenile. They catch each other in compromising positions and then either don’t listen to or don’t believe the explanations, which results in a lot of immature door slamming. I might not have found the bickering so childish had I felt more for the couple and been more involved in what happened to them.

This was a very average paranormal. There wasn’t anything that bothered me too much, but there also wasn’t anything that I found particularly enticing. The mystery was rather silly; I knew who the bad guy was the moment they made the scene and I thought less of the rogue hunters for not realizing what was blatantly obvious. No aspect of the story truly captured me, but it was quite readable and easy to get through.

I should say that the sensuality rating was tough to pinpoint. It doesn’t classify as “Burning,” because there were only about two love scenes, with one clearly being the main event. However, the one scene was more explicit than I’m used to seeing. So, in case you were wondering, this is on the higher end of “Hot.”

There are quite a few vampire romances that I’d recommend before mentioning Grave Sins. It certainly wasn’t bad, but it didn’t grab me either. The heroine-centered paranormal is becoming prevalent, and this book didn’t exactly stand out in the crowd. I wouldn’t be averse to reading more in the series, but I’m not planning on working hard to seek them out.