An education in malice- 3⭐️3🌶️

Adult Paranormal Romance

Dual POV

Dark

Sapphic

Rivals to lovers

Student/professor relationship

Open door romance

Tw: racism, homofobia, murder, blood, gore, alcohol and drug use, discrimination

Looking at the vampire lore and books that have come before it, a fully sapphic vampire novel was such an interesting idea… and this book while the premise was interesting and I was disappointed that it didn’t feel as if the book was taken far enough. I never felt fully immersed in the academic or the vampire sides of this book.  With a little more depth this could have been really great. 

Characters were interesting but I found myself very unclear of intentions and motivation. rivals to lovers track was decently done, but I wanted the Academic aspect to stretch further than it did. 

Pacing was a little bit of a drag. It started out with the interesting rivals tension only to fizzle out when things started to resolve. Writing was really beautiful, I enjoyed the imagery that fit so well with the poetry focus. I really just wanted a more intense reading experience. For such a strongly worded title, it was a fairly mild vampire book.