I think this one is worth marking your calendars for! ✍️

I love the evolution and applications of the vampire myth and here vampires feel more like Blood Mages a la Dragon Age, but they actually have to consume the blood (hence vampire) in order to use magic. While some of the ending plots seem to point to some more conventional tropes for the next book in the series, I feel very at peace with it and will be more than happy to pick up the next installment. In a way this book reminded me of Rin Chupeco's Silver Under Nightfall but less horror and Castlevania and more court intrigue and blood magic.😉

Some of the things I really liked about this book:

🩸- a triad poly relationship that isn't always sunshine and rainbows
🩸 - strong but fallible FMC
🩸 - no miscommunication tropes. they do lie though - as the title suggests lol
🩸 - believable political conspiracies and manipulation
🩸 - the feeling of otherness as a POC in a white dominate country/government
🩸- vampires can do magic using blood
🩸 - light murder mystery