Honeycraves is the third and final(?) book in the Honeybloods series, a trilogy of YA vampire novellas that follows Honey Williams after she is accidentally turned into a vampire following a bad interaction with a rock band.

I have had a really good time reading this series and there is something really bittersweet to knowing that my time with these books has come to an end. The first book in the series, Honeybloods, was a beautiful friends-to-lovers story as we followed Honey and her childhood best friend, Sadie, on a road trip across America as Honey tried to reverse her vampirism. There was something so wholesome about these two characters who had been so close as friends mending the rifts caused by time and discovering that there was more than just friendship between them. They were also very comfortable in their queer identities which is something that I find I am increasingly more drawn to as opposed to stories where characters are coming out; don’t get me wrong, there is a place and a need for both kinds of stories but I find that I am a lot more looking for queer joy in my reading. 

By the point that we have arrived at Honeycraves, Sadie is also a vampire and both of the girls are having to try to avoid the attentions of vampire hunters whilst they search for a way to reverse their vampirism. Here is the conundrum that they are faced with: the only known way for a vampire to regain their humanity is for them to kill their sire however Sadie was sired by Honey so how can she possibly regain her humanity? To add into the complexity of the situation, Sadie is racked with an insatiable bloodlust that makes trying to blend into human society a challenge. 

The intrigue whilst reading Honeycraves was very high because there was no apparent solution to what they were facing. In addition to this, Honey and Sadie meet a few new faces in the story which creates further points of intrigue throughout the story. I do wish that we had gotten a little bit more of an ending, perhaps an epilogue because this is a series that delivers an HFN as opposed to clear HEA. There is a very definite sense that the characters are happy at the end but I felt as though I was left with slightly more questions than I normally would at the end of a series. 

Based on the amount of trailing threads in this story, I think this isn’t the last that we will see of all of the characters in this book even if Honey and Sadie’s story is over. Personally, I am very happy with the prospect of more vampire stories from Belle and wonder if her teased upcoming MM series is set in the same universe…