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A review by nerdyprettythings
A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.5
2024 reread edit: My original rating was a three and I think maybe the typos in my copy affected me more than they should have? I once again enjoyed myself so so much, and I love all the bi vampire craziness so what more could it really do to make me love it??
Original review:
This book was fun. It’s more paranormal romance than horror IMO, but if you think you’d be into that, check it out! I do think the writing was pretty inconsistent throughout, with some sections really pulling me in and some being a kind of boring string of metaphors and repeated lines. Also, it doesn’t do a great job of keeping up with the vampire rules and contradicts things you were just told, and you kind of have to roll with it. At the very beginning Dracula is in the sunshine. Why? I don’t know! They’re never able to go outside in the sun again! But… it’s a vampire book and everyone is bi, so I enjoyed myself.
Original review:
This book was fun. It’s more paranormal romance than horror IMO, but if you think you’d be into that, check it out! I do think the writing was pretty inconsistent throughout, with some sections really pulling me in and some being a kind of boring string of metaphors and repeated lines. Also, it doesn’t do a great job of keeping up with the vampire rules and contradicts things you were just told, and you kind of have to roll with it. At the very beginning Dracula is in the sunshine. Why? I don’t know! They’re never able to go outside in the sun again! But… it’s a vampire book and everyone is bi, so I enjoyed myself.
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Toxic relationship