I read this for one of the prompts on the Book Riot Reading Challenge, "Read a book you know nothing about based solely on the cover."

The cover caught my interest, but the story was just okay. I'm not big on vampires, so I liked the new take on how they feed, etc. However, the rest of the story didn't grab me enough to make me want to read the rest of the series.

3.5 Stars. I love it when authors take a typical fantasy and change it up. But I think if you are changing the typical theme of a fantasy species you need to fully explain the changes you made. Not drop in bits and pieces of the changes. Vampires only feeding from vampires to keep the bloodlines pure, sure I can sort of see that. Not that liquid that is sealed goes into your bloodstream but it’s fictional so why not. The auras could have been explained just a bit. The reader has to infer everything based on the contextual clues which could in the end not be interpreted correctly. Hopefully the second book explains more items and closes some question out.

what is plot i'm just here for the vibes and queer horny vampires i guess

Let me start off by saying I've been trying to get hold of this book for like a year? And finally just had to give in and get the trial of Amazon kindle unlimited which is apparently the only place this and Heart Haunt Havoc exist

Haruka is not a particularly old vampire but he has Old Blood of the purebred vampire sort. In this story, vampires prefer to feed off each other instead of humans, because it keeps them strong

In fact it is expected of vampires to create bonds with one other vampire (typically of the same "rank") who they then feed off exclusively, forever.

"but aza, if they are in an isolated feeding system, human centipede style, how do they actually get nourishment -" SHUT UP brain it's a fantasy story let's continue

Anyway Haruka's status as a pure bred vampire who comes from a long lineage of vampires who drink vampire blood makes him incredibly alluring. This makes normal living difficult, as everyone wants to bed him for power (both socially and physically). Luckily Haruka is content being a homebody translating and compiling centuries worth of observations of vampire bonding into the tome known as Lore and Lust

It is while he is doing his duty of observing vampire bonding that he encounters the other pure bred vampire in the realm, Nino. Nino is the youngest child of the leader of the Italian vampires,but due to Circumstances he's living abroad in England, like Haruka.

They are both oddities in their status, but that's what draws then together in the first place..

Overall this is a cute and fun story. I love seeing these twos love blossom and I'm a loser for slow burns. But the plot leaves much to be desired (literally... An enemy approached then left Immediately) in favor of the romance. The more I learned about the vampire lore the more disappointed I got. These guys lives kinda suck

Bisexual vampires with politics, schemes, slow-burn reciprocated yearning all leading to a dramatic ending packed with travelling all around the world & some of the best sexual tension I've seen? 10/10.

had some trouble initially getting into this book (due to personal reader burnout), so I didn't feel fully grabbed until about 1/4 of the way in. Other than that, it was a cute book, slow burn without being so slow you wanna stop reading.