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A review by kitreadsromance
How to Bite Your Neighbor and Win a Wager by D.N. Bryn
3.0
Low/no spice vampire x human book that I overall enjoyed up until the end, which was a huge issue for me.
I'll start with the good things.
The two MCs were sweet, especially Vincent the depressed, clumsy and absolutely ridiculous vampire with a heart of gold. He the squishiest of all cinnamon rolls and I wanted to give him a giant hug. Wes was occasionally a bit of an ass (intentionally and not) but he was so dedicated to getting justice for all the people harmed by The Bad Guys (Vitalis-Barron Pharmaceutical) that he could be a bit blind to other suffering. He is actually really kind and giving though and he cares so much about Vincent. They were very cute together and the epitome of idiots to lovers.
The plot was also a great page turner and I thoroughly enjoyed the level of tension and drama it brought to the book, knowing that Vitalis-Barron Pharmaceutical were out there and the net was closing in on the MCs while Wes also tried to plan to bring the company down himself. It felt like a real cat and mouse game and I just didn't know how it was going to end.
The ending is kind of the issue. This is a romance, so the boys did get their HEA. But overall I'm not sure it was a happy ending as a whole. It was a pretty realistic one all things considered, but I don't come to fantasy romance for realism especially where corrupt corporations are involved and it left a really sour taste in my mouth.
The other thing that I hadn't realised is that this book is basically fade to black. It really surprised me because there is a reasonable amount of tension and it seemed like the book was building towards spice scenes, but other than one each of the MCs having a private jerk off session in the shower (barely described), there is nothing other than some clothes on time which fades to black. There is an optional epilogue which continues the fade to black scene, but if you're reading on Kindle you might well miss it as your app will probably take you to the feedback screen the moment you click on to that page.
Of course many people won't mind the lack of spice and I haven't really marked the book down for that, but I wish the book was marketed as low/no spice!
I'll start with the good things.
The two MCs were sweet, especially Vincent the depressed, clumsy and absolutely ridiculous vampire with a heart of gold. He the squishiest of all cinnamon rolls and I wanted to give him a giant hug. Wes was occasionally a bit of an ass (intentionally and not) but he was so dedicated to getting justice for all the people harmed by The Bad Guys (Vitalis-Barron Pharmaceutical) that he could be a bit blind to other suffering. He is actually really kind and giving though and he cares so much about Vincent. They were very cute together and the epitome of idiots to lovers.
The plot was also a great page turner and I thoroughly enjoyed the level of tension and drama it brought to the book, knowing that Vitalis-Barron Pharmaceutical were out there and the net was closing in on the MCs while Wes also tried to plan to bring the company down himself. It felt like a real cat and mouse game and I just didn't know how it was going to end.
The ending is kind of the issue. This is a romance, so the boys did get their HEA. But overall I'm not sure it was a happy ending as a whole. It was a pretty realistic one all things considered, but I don't come to fantasy romance for realism especially where corrupt corporations are involved and it left a really sour taste in my mouth.
Spoiler
In the end, Vitalis-Barron Pharmaceutical is allowed to continue hurting and killing people, and all that is really accomplished is they stop targeting the two MCs, which was so far from Wes' original goal of taking down the company and getting justice for his mother's death that it left me really deflated. I'm sure it is meant to lead to other people taking them on in future books, but there was no sense of that at the end of this book.The other thing that I hadn't realised is that this book is basically fade to black. It really surprised me because there is a reasonable amount of tension and it seemed like the book was building towards spice scenes, but other than one each of the MCs having a private jerk off session in the shower (barely described), there is nothing other than some clothes on time which fades to black. There is an optional epilogue which continues the fade to black scene, but if you're reading on Kindle you might well miss it as your app will probably take you to the feedback screen the moment you click on to that page.
Of course many people won't mind the lack of spice and I haven't really marked the book down for that, but I wish the book was marketed as low/no spice!