Lore & Lust was absolutely unputdownable I flew through it in nothing short of a day. As the two get to know each other through ceremonial preparations, their connection flourishes into something neither believed they would ever experience. This all changes when Haruka is summoned to oversee a sacred vampiric ritual accompanied by the only other pureblood left in the UK: a less-than-eager barkeep named Nino. His aura tends to draw loads of unwanted attention, so he chooses to reside far from the general population.

Instead of making lemonade, he packed his suitcase and left the fruit rotting on the counter.”Īs part of the dwindling population of purebloods-vampires who maintain strong bloodlines by feeding solely off of other vampires-Haruka Hirano has been living in isolation for years. This was such a wonderfully executed romance, featuring heartwarming protagonists and really lovely writing! The beautiful descriptions of different countries and cultures made for some top tier escapism. It just wasn’t enough for me.Īn Italian vampire and a Japanese vampire travel the world whilst falling in love? Say no more. That said, the two main characters are the best part of this book and I can see how someone could overlook the many issues because they were fond of them. And considering that at its core this is a romance novel, it’s entire job is to ensure you’re invested in the romantic relationship. So when they finally get together, I realized I didn’t care either way. (Or maybe it was, I started skimming at the 70% mark because I was over this shit show.)īecause of all the holes in the world building and the, in my opinion, poor writing style, I couldn’t really connect with the characters.

Apparently if pure bloods die out, the entire vampire species dies out. In this book, vampires have learned to feed on each other instead of humans because human blood make them weaker and dumber, so pure bloods are vampires who come from a long line of other vampires who didn’t feed on humans. Pure bloods have to cater to the minute needs and wants of lesser ranked vampires. Getting to the actual plot itself, we follow a pure blooded vampire who has to do a bunch of political work he doesn’t like doing because of… reasons. It screams inexperienced author and was wildly uncomfortable to read. Which I get isn’t objectively wrong, but it’s almost always used in exclusively first novels and by writing students. Beyond the bad world building, it’s all written in present tense for some reason. This read like poorly written fan fiction, honestly.

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