Henry & Cerissa: Definitely An Odd Couple 5 stars!!

This was my first time reading a Jenna Barwin book and I am pleasantly pleased! This is definitely different from other vampire books I've read and it gave a different spin on vampires that I love.

In DARK WINE AT MIDNIGHT, Cerissa is an envoy to a vampire who is trying to open a laboratory to conduct studies in a gated community where vampires live with their human mates in seclusion. Cerissa is granted access to the community as a means to gain sponsorship support for the laboratory to be built from the Council of the community. There she meets one of the founders, Enrique (Henry for short).

Henry doesn't want anything to do with Cerissa or her lab. However, he may feel about her or her project, he cannot help the pull he feels towards her. However, Cerissa is hiding a secret and her motive for entering the territory and wanting to settle there may have more to do with her own personal reasons than just building a lab.

This book was definitely different as it had a dystopian feel to it. There is a lot of political shenanigans in this book, including an intriguing mystery surrounding its residents. This story contains very rich characters, and I can't wait to read the next book in the series to pick up on where this cliffy left off.

Happy reading!