Bite Marks & Broken Hearts

This was my first book by this author and it will definitely not be my last period. She writes incredibly detailed characters and does such a great job building world. The books also are very good length which makes for a really thorough story. I love the vampire genre and it’s been done so frequently that it is so refreshing to get a new take and new character development. Sebastian is a 500-year-old vampire. He is originally from Spain, which is important because he has history with the Spanish inquisitions. In the present, he lives in London andis in charge of a group of people that handle paranormal crime. Flynn is a human from Ireland, who is a 25-year-old virgin running from some family issues and came to London. Right at the beginning of the story he gets hurt by a demon and that’s how he meets Sebastian. When I said that this was an original take on vampire stories is that the author does such a great job at making Sebastian such a multilayered character. He comes from Spain and was part of the catholic church and the Spanish inquisition , and he played a part in people getting tortured and the guilt of that is something that he carries with him throughout his life. what I think is interesting is that a lot of times and stories where you have a character that’s hundreds of years old you don’t necessarily hear their history or what may haunt them. Besides his early life more recently he’s situations that’s made him close off from people and love. Because of that,…

This book is buckets of fun! With an adorable, hilarious cast of creatures and characters, it’s a promising start to a series. You can’t help but love every member of the team, including Flynn. He’s a bit of a drama king, desperately in need of someone to take care of him, but seeing as Sebastian is more than eager for the job. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Their relationship was SO very heartwarming from the first time they saw each other, and they sparkled with chemistry and cuteness every time they were on the page. Like the other works I’ve read by this author, the plot has so many threads flapping around in the wind that it’s hard to keep up with them. As the book is primarily dedicated to the romance, this isn’t a huge problem, but occasionally, when the action scenes start up, you have an huge influx of questions and clues that you promptly forget a couple of pages later when it’s back to kisses and banter. Many of these were left unresolved at the end of Bite Marks and Broken Hearts (who is White and why didn’t she answer the phone? What happened to Issac? Does the mention of an unknown necromancer imply he’s still alive? What was up with Kit having an absence seizure there at the end? Etc) But since this is the beginning of a series, I assume the continuing story will answer these questions eventually. Speaking of the end, it’s the only reason I rated this at four instead of five ⭐️. I enjoyed the first 90% of this SO much that I was already thinking about re-reads and buying a…