While my 11-yr-old was hunting for book #6 of the Cirque du Freak series (can't go wrong with half-vampires), I snagged TBC Book One! Managed to read most of it on the plane back from Alabama.
Good stuff! I'd love to see one of the early drafts before it was edited down to size. I get the feeling there was a lot of background story/character dev that didn't make it into the first book. Looking forward to the next one.