Reviews with content warning for Blood - When Life Gives You Vampires

Ok so I will admit the cover and the punny title was what piqued my interest. But the fact that this was a first person narrative and our MC was so relentless when it came to her negative body image discussions got to be too much after a while. I understand the difficulties of not being able to lose weight and comparing yourself to your female friends who don’t have the same body type that you do. But do you need to bring it up that much ?! Plus I don’t understand the appeal of Tristan except that he is a vampire who exists lol. A lot of the Vampire pop culture references I could have done without. If this book was something of a parody or satire, poking fun at vampire lore, I feel like I would have liked this more but alas not the case.

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rythebread's review

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funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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binreads's review

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Finished this so quickly! I am a lover of all things vampire and since spooky season is rolling around, I wanted to start it off with something light and fun. It was a funny, lighthearted read.

I will say though, heavy trigger warning regarding weight, body self image, disordered eating etc. It's a constant throughout the book and can be hard to read.

I feel like this lacked in the story building for the vampire rules and such. I've read a lot of vampire books, all with different lore, but this one seemed to rely heavily on those callbacks to pop culture references to other vampire franchisees (Twilight, Buffy..) so I feel like it didn't really stand on its own. But, as someone who unapologetically loves Twilight, I LOVED all the twilight references made in this book, I was laughing so hard.

There also was a lot of plot holes, or things that just didn't make much sense or were just a waste of information.

Like why did Tristan change her in the first place?? I know he says like it's against the vamp rules to turn a newborn without prior approval granted from the vampire council, but he never states why he even changed her in the first place?? I know he tried to use his vampire influence on her and he thought she gave him permission but again why? Or was it because she bit him back that caused her to become a vampire.....I feel like either I missed that or it was never answered.

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aitanavec's review against another edition

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3.0

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vixenreader's review

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dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I love the representation, the premise, and every character the main character. It’s just that the central character’s personality and self-consciousness can be a bit hard to swallow at times.

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jensreadsromancebooks's review

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emotional funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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fivecatsinacoat's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

3.0

Not terribly fat-friendly. The MC spends a lot of time talking and thinking about how fat she is or not-skinny she is.

Another thing that really bothered me was when her mother had been taken, Lily and Triston went to a hotel and had sex? Like her mother is in danger and they decide to have sex? Very werid.

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cady_sass's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I really wanted to like this, but it’s just not very good. I think the intent was body positivity but it did not achieve that in the end. Missed the mark for me

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