nocturnalbookworm's reviews
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 Checked this out from my local library and absolutely loved it. I couldn't wait to get a hold of the second volume! 

Short and steamy

I really enjoyed this one and look forward to reading the rest of this series.

This is the first in a series of novellas written, as stated by the author, in the style of short episodes always leaving questions to be answered. It gets hot pretty fast but I found it believable. Just two people taking it casual with clear intentions. I found the scenes to be sexy and I feel that the characters are surprisingly real. I say surprisingly because it's a poor singer who meets a gazillionaire with all the connections. I honestly expected them to be more cliche or flat but was pleasantly surprised. I'm interested to learn more about them as I read on. 

I don't even know if I can properly put into words how much I loved this book. It an absolutely amazing memoir that was a crazy feels trip. As someone who has struggled with mental health issues my whole life as well it was very nice to read something like this written by someone who experiences so many things that were similar to things, I went through. I loved the way it was written and I will definitely be reading this one again. I just really loved how her personality shone through in this book. The little snippets from the more positive and healed present-day also really helped to break up the crazy and oftentimes heartbreaking retelling of the past. 

It was a huge challenge to put down this book and not just forgo sleep to finish it all in one go. Honestly, if I wasn't reading other books as well for buddy reads I probably would have. The interesting thing about this book is that the horror comes from the depravity and cruelty of the people almost as much if not more than the vampire. I would still recommend this to a fan of vampire horror, Eli was quite creepy and terrifying (while still somehow being endearing in a sad almost pity way). I will say this book is intense and has some very mature themes. Be warned!

2018 re-read

Loved it just as much of not more the second time around!