This book was intense in the best kind of way.

I requested this eARC quite a while ago, so when I started it I went in quite blind. And damn did it blow me away. Very much positively, but it also made me struggle. When I requested this my mental health was in quite a good place and all the triggers were fine, but now 2 months later that changed. I had to take mental health breaks reading it making it 15 days to finish the book which is extremely long for me. But I finished it and it was so worth it.

This book starts with the perspective of Maël. Sweet, innocent and hard working Maël. Gosh that guy I'd give him a hug. His interactions with Sebestyen had so much emotion, postive, negative, abusive, caring it was a mix that made me feel so many strong emotions. It's a push and pull that goes in many directions between these two broken men.
I loved how this was shown in the book until the hight when part two starts.

Part two had a POV switch that made the book feel incredibly different. It was a huge switch from the first part and I needed a moment to get familiar with it. But gosh hearing more sides of this relationship was exactly what was needed to shake things up and keep it interesting, while continuing with the bigger overarching plot and romance.

I also really liked the way vampirism was done in this book, with proper horror elements that were gruesome and bad with that forever kind of sexy allure. It pulled me in real fast at the start and got me hooked after a few chapters.

Concluding this is a good book for anyone loving dark romance with vampires.


I received this eARC and this was my honest review.