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my initial rating for this book was 4.75 because i was high over heels for Haru and Nino but now that I’ve gotten sleep and managed to compile all of my thoughts over this book, it’s a 4.25!

My rating has many reasons:

The blurb claimed that this book’s a slow burn however I definitely did not get that in the book itself at all, their relationship significantly developed less than half a year, growing more intimate with each other with each interaction they had and honestly I’m not disliking that fact but it doesn’t execute to what the blurb initially had and may put that expectation onto the readers
because their relationship developed so fast, it didn’t give either Haru or Nino to really dwell into their thoughts and think (and you may not register that
Haru wanting to pull Nino’s aura out was actually the love confession because I definitely did not catch that [unless i’m wrong])
because whenever they’re in a dilemma, they just go for it and talk it out after instead of thinking it through and giving it time before executing whatever dilemma they have. But a good thing about the main characters is that they actually communicate. There’s no miscommunication in the book at all because they’re so patient with each other which is good
I wanted more action, I think this book was solely to introduce and develop the characters especially Nino and Haru, to let us see how their relationship builds and have the spotlight be solely on them but I think it was heavily outweighing the action that the book and I really wanted more. More about Gael, the mysterious purebred just more.
Politics. Honestly Ladislao came out of nowhere and the next thing you know
he’s gone
like,, he’s disgusting sure but ohhh my god we barely know anything about the dude
The often use of other languages. I think it’s a very good element in the book, very charming because we love multilingual kings <3 however there was a few parts in the book where there were no translations given and some mistranslation. I also think the author should do more research especially on traditional clothing before writing about it in the book because there was a few errors here and there

With these many flaws that I’ve pointed out, some may say that maybe my rating should be lower but honestly I think it’s just fine where it is now, I genuinely enjoyed what this book gave and the writing style was fine to me (I’ve read worse, however I do see why people may say this is ‘fanfiction’) and this definitely wasn’t a slow paced book at all!

Was the vampiric system original? Sure, I haven’t seen a vampire x vampire book before so this was definitely an interesting read, quite enjoyable honestly. The complex use of words should be noted though but other than that, thank you for reading my lengthy review and happy reading! <3

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dododenise's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

The writing style made this a lot worse than it needed to be. I could not get over the fact that this book does not seem to know the words “man” or “woman” and instead always said “male” or “female”. It took me out of the moment ever time. But also generally, the writing style is a lot to be desired.
The romance was mediocre. It was supposed to be a slow burn but it was not very slow at all. Sure, no insta-love, but nothing that I would name slow burn. The development was weird and while I did like them together, it was missing some depth and essence.
The book also tried to do some world building and politics next to its romance but that fell flat completely. I did not care and I am not sure the book cared either. It should have let itself be a tacky vampire romance and not make it more complicated than it needed to be.

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harmonique's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

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dusksolace's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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bloodyvalentine's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Over all, this book is a pretty nice read. It’s neither thrilling nor breathtaking most of the time, but it was enjoyable to flash through in a few hours and made me feel with and for the characters, keeping me emotionally engaged and laughing or groaning at their antics.
But for the love of everything nice and holy, what is wrong with using the words man or woman on occasion? There were two times the word woman appeared in the book, and both were referring to an artwork. It made me seriously cringe every time that I had to read “the females hair did this” or “the male does that”.
In the end i got through it and I’m also already on the second part, because I can’t wait to see if it’ll bring a little more of the plot to the table after the first book focused more on character development and relationships.

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whatthefridge's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

The worldbuilding takes some getting used to. These vampires are more akin to Fae in that they live long and can give birth. And apparently drinking human blood is bad for them, so they get their nourishment from other vampires.

So the story is about these two century-old purebred vampires mutually pining for one another. It’s done really well too! No verbal constipation. They actually talk things out!! The main tension is they’re both just dancing around each other having intense feelings and being like “no, he’s/I’m traumatized and I’d rather not ruin our friendship.”

My two niggles are:
1) the present tense is a bit jarring
2) the ending gets a bit too mushy, and the thing with Yuna gets left up in the air.

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bdingz's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny tense slow-paced

4.0

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