A review by effy
By the Pint by Jemma Croft

5.0

 
In this romance that is as funny as it is sweet, we follow a vampire and a human who are both secretly telepaths as they fall in love but know it isn’t destined to last because the human plans on becoming a vampire and with that he will lose all the memories of his time as a human.

This book really took me by surprise. As big of a vampire fan as I am, I find that contemporary romances featuring vampires can be a bit hit and miss for me. This book fell very squarely in the hit camp; I don’t know if it was the fact that it takes place in a secondary world, that Croft is just a spectacular author, or likely both. The banter is absolutely off the charts and this book doesn’t take itself too seriously in the absolute best way possible.

I really appreciated the level of thought that Croft has put into the vampire lore and quite enjoyed the idea that all vampires’ hair turned black and their eyes red as well as losing their human memories. Whilst vampires are often depicted in this way, it was fun to see this kind of uniformity being something that is thrust upon them. There is also attention taken to the fact that vampires don’t need to breathe and also they traditionally can’t eat or drink things that aren’t blood.

Dima and Casey worked really well together and their dynamic was really fun to read.

I just can’t get enough and will definitely be going back and reading the other flatmates’ romances.