In the Herald Sun on Saturday the 27th of December, 2008 in the Weekend section, this is what Peter Familari had to say about Juliet's Evolution of the Vampire: The Australian Story. The Beginning.:

"VAMPIRES are in fashion with book after book in stores. Peniston-Bird provides a novel twist by starting her narative in 1629, when two European vampires arrive at the coast of WA aboard the batavia. Fast forward to 2006 when two young vampires kill a gay vampire and set off a chain of events that sees the pair wiping out Australia's vampire community. A metaphor for identity, Peniston-Bird's take on vampires is original, creative and it works.

In a word: Fangtastic"