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A review by thelogmaiden
When Life Gives You Vampires by Gloria Duke
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I’m mostly give this more than 1 star because I don’t see a lot of romance novels with fat main characters. The book overall was awful, I think the worst part was the main character herself who is pretty insufferable. She accidentally gets turned into a vampire and is in SERIOUS DANGER but will not listen to her vampire sire and keeps being like “ummm I can take care of myself ok!!! Feminism!!! Here’s my horrible plan slash I’m just going to ignore these death threats and go to work like normal because I can take care of myself!!!!” She’s just not a very intelligent main character and is pretty immature. I kept thinking that a lot of the arguments she had with the love interest felt like points/fights a not super mature high schooler would have and kept being like…is this what 25 year olds are like??? (I’m 33 haha)
That being said although her body hatred and fatphobia were strong, they felt like the most thought out part of the book in how it affected hers and others lives around her and I appreciated that. It’s also not a topic you see outlined in this level of detail in romance novels very often. I would have liked the book more if the author kept this stuff and made the main character less annoying in other ways.
That being said although her body hatred and fatphobia were strong, they felt like the most thought out part of the book in how it affected hers and others lives around her and I appreciated that. It’s also not a topic you see outlined in this level of detail in romance novels very often. I would have liked the book more if the author kept this stuff and made the main character less annoying in other ways.