Definitely bonus points for non-cringy sex scenes that weren’t overly descriptive. In fact, there was more description regarding the horror elements than the sex, something I actually really appreciated. Not it was gross at all, but just that it didn’t go over the top. The same could be said for the sex in this book. There were horror elements in this book, but though some of it was a bit gross, it was nothing I could not handle. A minor complaint is that I felt their characters could have been fleshed out a little bit more, but with the way the story was written it did work. It took me about 30 pages to get into the story, but I soon really enjoyed Remy as a main character as well as his vampire companions. It meant I could just submerge myself in the world and the story and not worry about the details that don’t make sense to my strange brain. The fact that this vampire story is set in a fantasy world rather than a contemporary urban type setting really helped me I think. You can imagine how glad I was that me taking a chance on this book had been completely the right thing to do!
I had heard such good things and had been persuaded by good reviews and the stunning cover, but well aware that I normally do not get on that well with vampire stories.
I was a little hesitant going into this one. When he’s offered a spot alongside them to find the truth about the mutating virus Rot that’s plaguing the kingdom, Remy faces a choice. But then he encounters the shockingly warmhearted vampire heiress Xiaodan Song and her infuriatingly arrogant fiancé, vampire lord Zidan Malekh, who may hold the key to defeating the creatures-though he knows associating with them won’t do his reputation any favors. When a terrifying new breed of vampire is sighted outside of the city, Remy prepares to investigate alone. Though the kingdom of Aluria barely tolerates him, Remy’s father has been shaping him into a weapon to fight for the kingdom at any cost. His mother was the subject of gossip even before she eloped with a vampire, giving rise to the rumors that Remy is half-vampire himself.
Remy Pendergast is many things: the only son of the Duke of Valenbonne (though his father might wish otherwise), an elite bounty hunter of rogue vampires, and an outcast among his fellow Reapers. Edition: Hardback, published by Saga Press in 2022
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