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A review by kateywumpus
Black Mirror by Aoibh Wood
4.0
Oh boy. This series is the gift that keeps on giving. In the previous book what started out as a fairly run of the mill vampire romance novel turned batshit crazy at the end and, boy let me tell you, the batshit craziness just keeps on coming. You've got snake lady orgies, xenomorph face huggers, brain worms, zombies, interdimensional amazon women, bratty vampire teenagers, fairy internment camps... the works. To say that this series keeps surprising me with things that I haven't really seen in urban fantasy novels before is something of an understatement. I eat this shit up. Nomnomnomnom.
What also surprised me was that there was a sex scene that actually turned me on which is pretty hard to do these days, since I've come out as ace. No, it wasn't the snake lady orgy. It was a very d/s scene which I wasn't expecting, because none of the other sex scenes had any kind of leaning towards that kind of thing. I always knew I was into BDSM, but I thought that interest had died with my sexual desire but... I guess not. You learn something new about yourself everyday.
A peeve of mine, though. When all the dust is settled and our author is showing what the main character's idyllic family life is like, it's nothing but good natured ribbing of each other. Constant ribbing. Personally, a good ribbing every now and then is good, the constant nature of it wears me down.
Oh. One other thing.
So read this one? Deffo. Four stars.
What also surprised me was that there was a sex scene that actually turned me on which is pretty hard to do these days, since I've come out as ace. No, it wasn't the snake lady orgy. It was a very d/s scene which I wasn't expecting, because none of the other sex scenes had any kind of leaning towards that kind of thing. I always knew I was into BDSM, but I thought that interest had died with my sexual desire but... I guess not. You learn something new about yourself everyday.
A peeve of mine, though. When all the dust is settled and our author is showing what the main character's idyllic family life is like, it's nothing but good natured ribbing of each other. Constant ribbing. Personally, a good ribbing every now and then is good, the constant nature of it wears me down.
Oh. One other thing.
Spoiler
The manipulative vampire who made the main character fall in love with her and ended up being the antagonist all along is mostly absent in this book, giving the MC some space away from her to sort out her feelings. The other vampire that ends up being the real love interest is sure that the MC will shack up with the manipulative vampire as soon as she comes back, that when she finally does, she packs up and is about to leave. HOWEVER! The MC confronts MV and basically tells her that, no, it's not going to happen and that she's really in love with the other vampire because they're actually a good match. Good for her. At the end of book one it was unclear whether or not she'd get over the abusive one.So read this one? Deffo. Four stars.