Bloody Sweet

I pretty much agree with most of what porcelaine_china_ said, just feels very poorly thought out and all over the place. What infuriated me the most was the ending, it just felt very inconclusive and also very pseudo-deep, like I don't get what was so important about their decision(without getting into spoiler territory). Woulda probably given it a 5 or a 4 before the ending but it was so awful I gave it a 3. Male lead was fine, female lead was also fine but was making less sense I feel but that's just the story imo, other characters either have no substance and justjump in and out of the story when convenient or are just plain bad.

I love vamp romance series and this one flew under my radar till now. This review has some surface level spoils - but nothing major about the story itself. You have your typical depressed, bullied, introverted female lead. She's the daughter of a shaman and has some powers herself. She awakens an ancient vampire and a codependent relationship begins - he helps her break out of her shell & standup to her relentless bullies (while also providing companionship) and he begins fulfilling his goal of becoming human again. There's an obvious age gap which is common to this genre (vamps are usually portrayed as 100+ yrs old).It isn't really focused on, and there is a time skip at a certain point bringing our female lead to 20yrs. Male lead is still pretty flirtatious and whatnot until then - so this may not be your cup of tea if it bothers you. While reading, I considered the story to be okay. I'm not a huge fan of master/servant/puppy dog male leads because when it leads to romance it doesn't feel new. Normally these types of characters don't act differently when they do fall in love with the lead, since they're already so lovey dovey by default. I think general flirtatious behavior is pretty common with this genre but it's a little more subtle than what is portrayed in the main characters here. They act like a couple from day one pretty much. From female lead's POV, I can understand why she would fall for him. She explained it many times and it showed through her beautiful character development how much of a positive influence he was on her. Now for the guy - I didn't know why he liked her so much. Pity, maybe? Sure she's pretty and also resembles his mom (? eh) but he seemed mostly just dependent on her blood. Again, because he's the puppy dog type it was hard to discern if he actually loved her romantically or if he was just a charismatic vampire like so many are in these stories. There's really no elaborate proclamations of his love for her or anything that made me go "wow, that was nice." It seemed the female lead would do most of that and he would just follow along. Nothing really happens in this story but it definitely had the potential. I really liked the characters, but there were a lot of plot holes and characters that were discarded as it went on. Most of the story felt like it took place in her bedroom. Then the epilogue hits and it's all over the place. Why is male lead still a vampire? We don't get to really see what life is like for them as an actual couple. He really is her pet dog. I'm giving it a 4/10 because I liked the characters and their designs. But the story was not great, and the romance was stale.