Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

How to Bite Your Neighbor and Win a Wager by D.N. Bryn

14 reviews

thewildmageslibrary's review against another edition

4.0

I read this in an evening and it was exactly the fluff I needed. These two are idiots and I love them for it. I'm so excited there will be another book in this world!

CW: non-consensual biting, blood, violence, medical experimentation, medical content, bigotry, homophobia, death, stalking, kidnapping, alcohol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Violence, Medical trauma, and Blood

Moderate: Stalking, Kidnapping, Outing, Death, Confinement, and Homophobia

Minor: Alcohol

fanboyriot's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-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

5.0

Literally two queer disasters falling in love.  It was really cute.  Vincent being such an awkward vampire and Wesley being a chaotic human who was just as awkward made for a dynamic I didn't know I needed to read about until I read it.

I really enjoyed vampire books where the vamps live along with the humans, it's always interesting to see how the worldbuilding will play into that.  The setting was nice too, it really helped with the overall vibe from the book.

While it was fast-paced the romance was a slow burn.  Wesley and Vincent were really cute together and I really liked the idiots in love, friends to lovers, awkward gay panic they had.

Slow Burn
Idiots in Love
Hurt/Comfort
Vampire x Human
Angst with a Happy Ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cursing, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Sexual content

Minor: Confinement, Homophobia, Self harm, Alcohol, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

brims's review against another edition

emotional funny tense 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

Engaging and fun. I loved Vincent - so awkward and adorable. I liked how vampirism was worked into modern-day society. The pacing of the romance felt deliberately strung out at times - there were a lot of flimsy excuses given for why the characters couldn’t simply talk things out. Also, the quirky humor, text message conversations, and internet culture references sort of annoyed me. 

I think I'm just not the target audience for this book, but I still liked it overall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Grief, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol, Confinement, Death of parent, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Suicidal thoughts

thenerdybookwitch's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Read the ARC of this and I enjoyed myself! These characters are so adorable and I liked seeing their relationship bloom in the weirdest way. It was a bit repetitive at times but other than that it’s great! Definitely want to see where this series goes.

CWs not included in the options: Non-consensual biting, and breaking and entering

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Medical trauma, Confinement, Medical content, Blood, Cursing, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Death, Sexual content, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, Abandonment, Self harm, and Vomit