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Love Bites by Ry Herman

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This is a brilliant read! It is a slow start, but stick with it, as the author is just laying the groundwork and letting you get to know the girls. With such a deeply emotional, yet funny read, you need to know the mains before it can all kick off.

Once you are in, this book really draws you in. It takes the time to address some very deep and important issues, but never throws them in your face, and truly does the, in a light but realistic approach.

The flow of the story was excellent and the characters had a lot of depth and unique personality, making it very fun and easy to read this book. Once I got into it, I found the book rather addicting and couldn’t wait to read more.

I highly recommend this book!

baeriscorner's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

nevermoregothic's review

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emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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swordlesbian's review

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emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

I came into this book expecting a slightly trashy, easy to read romance, but oh boy I was baited into an actually compelling story where the vampire theme was really used to drive things further and I loved every minute of it. And as a bonus, this is one of the only books I've read where both the word bisexual and the word lesbian appear

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ridiculusreads's review

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3.0

Love Bites follows two characters struggling with their lives in very different ways. While both are dealing with bad break ups, Chloë is dealing with mental health (TW: suicide is contemplated regularly) and Angela is dealing with, well, being undead!
When their paths cross, they tumble into an unexpected whirlwind romance and they’re both hiding their struggles from the other.
I really like both characters. If you ignore the fact one of them is a vampire, they’re very realistic characters! I do wish there was a bit of a warning in terms of Chloë’s mental health, because it’s a lot more severe than I expected it to be. There’s a lot of domestic abuse too.
The narrative is VERY jumpy. The narrative seems to change randomly, switching to first person from Angela or Esther’s POV every few chapters. It made the narrative a bit disjointed and all honesty it didn’t add to the story for me at all.
I liked the romance. I love that two people with difficult past relationships found each other. I found as well that their relationship actually helped develop their characters more. As their relationship grew you saw each character open up more.
It did seem a liiiittle cliche at times. Particularly the last quarter, like once you’ve found out one paranormal entity is real you suddenly find out two others in your life are also paranormal.
I enjoyed it overall though!
TW: domestic abuse, women being spiked with drugs, mentions of suicide.

emilybeau's review

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4.0

This was a fun little light read. Maybe slightly predictable at times. Had some pretty serious themes as well. Ending sort of dragged. Probably could have been a chapter or two less. Didn't find this very rom-com -esque. I'm pretty sure the cat is also something supernatural haha

fjalar's review

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I was expecting a fun queer vampire romance, instead I got detailed descriptions of depression and suicidal ideation. I mean very detailed, extremely vivid, unbearable descriptions. For the love of all that is good, this book needs some content warnings.

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