First, I want to say that anyone can write whatever story they like. I’m not judging the author for writing the things they did. HOWEVER, this book had ZERO mention of adult themes/scenes or trigger warning for mature content. It didn’t have to go further than that, but there should have been mention of it somewhere between the blurb, Amazon/Goodreads page, or even in the ranking/keyword section - SOMETHING. I know it’s up to the author (or publisher) whether to include warnings but, since the scenes were so…explicit, there should’ve been something in my opinion because…

I feel like this book was basically vampire porn with a decent plot.

It was definitely the plot that kept me interested. I wasn’t a fan of the sex stuff. Yet I thought the plot was stuffed beneath the whole bonding thing. Nino and Haruka had a nice relationship outside of all the primal ‘I need to bond with you but I’m scared’ part.

And then there were the things I disliked:
- The use of present tense. It just didn’t work for me.
- The lack of explanations for why things were the way they were, what the rules of the world were, and character motivations (minor characters mostly).
- What was the deal with Giovanni and Cellina’s relationship? I thought it might’ve been they secretly loved each other but were being stubborn…and then it seemed like Lina just hated him?
- HOW MANY TIMES CAN ONE AUTHOR USE THE WORDS ‘HONEY/HONEYED’, ‘ALMOND’, ‘BEAUTIFUL’, ‘HANDSOME’, AND ‘FRIEND’ IN A NOVEL THAT ISN’T EVEN 300 PAGES???

I can’t tell you how annoyed I got with the last one by the time I reached the end. Don’t even get me started on the sex terminology. And there were like FOUR sex scenes by the way! I’m not bashing the author, I just don’t understand WHY.

So yeah, not continuing the series. It’s a shame too because the cover(s) are GORGEOUS and the plot was pretty interesting.