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4.25 AVERAGE

adventurous dark funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

A vampire, a witch, and an angel walk into a bar—except it’s not a joke, it’s a powder keg of desire, danger, and unresolved tension. Two are ex-lovers with a past so fiery it could ignite the city of Miami. The third? A sweet caretaker with a big heart caught in their stubborn cross-hairs. But when a botched assassination throws them into hiding and into very close quarters the lines between enemies and lovers blur. Sparks fly, boundaries shatter, and the magnetic pull between them becomes impossible to resist. J.J Arias delivers fire and fury. Sexiness and sass, wrapped into a story of power, magic,  and vengeance. 

Stars: 5 Stars 
Format: Digital 
Series: Lilith’s Legacy Book 1
Steam Level: Steamy

I read this for the I Heart Sapphic 2025 Reading Challenge for the prompt Spooky Sapphics. 

Oh. 

My. 

God. 

Go read this book! Immediately! Yes, it’s book one of an incomplete series buts it’s just too good to miss out on. 

Quick Thoughts: 
  • The world building in this is phenomenal. More you learn about it, the more it all makes logical sense how it’s structured since it is a hidden world 
  • Elena is SUCH an interesting character and has a complexity you don’t see in most vampire characters 
  • Zuri’s talents aren’t something you see often in books and I really enjoyed the magic system here. She’s also as bananas as Elena
  • Normally a character with Marisol’s traits come off as whiney and too stupid to live but here she is smart, compassionate, and the perfect third for Elena and Zuri
  • Finding out why Elena and Zuri broke up broke my heart and had me sympathizing for both of them 
  • The sex scenes were delicious and so very hot
  • I want to know more about the side characters. They were also fun to read about and shinned on page
  • The poly relationship was both sexy and sweet, and was perfect for all three
  • No third act break up!
  • All of them are kick butt in their own specific ways and I loved that 
  • That cliffhanger had me putting the release date for book two in my calendar 
  • I can’t wait to learn more about this world and what’s going on

Overall I ADORED this book and found myself staying up late reading it. I honestly can’t wait for the next book. It is absolutely worth your time and money. 
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

the spice is good, the characters are interesting. I liked it 
dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
dark emotional funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book is full of smut which is great but I really really really wanted character development and a plot!

Compelling Women with an Intriguing Dynamic

It's a gift to read any work by Arias. She portrays compelling, unapologetically strong queer women that are easy to fall for, and this paranormal romance is no different. It's impossible not to love each of the three main characters, Elena, Marisol, and Zuri. Their dynamic together is intriguing and sexy as hell. It was a joy to watch the characters develop and open up throughout the first book, and I can't wait to see what's in store for this electrifying throuple in Lilith's Legacy's second book, Blood from the Marrow.
Loveable characters: Yes
adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes