A review by redhairedashreads
Your Coffin or Mine by Jacklyn Hyde

4.0

 

4 stars - It was really good

When Audrey catches her soon to be husband with two other people she finds herself running to a quiet castle in Romania. While Vlad’s ancestral castle is being turned into a hotel and Audrey needs a place to lick her wounds, these two find themselves unable to keep their hands off one another. 

This was a very enjoyable vampire romance. I was hooked to Vlad and Audrey’s story from the very beginning. Vlad is a grumpy ancient vampire who has spent way too much time wasting away in his castle. Watching Vlad go from the withered and grumpy vampire who wants nothing to do with this day and age to doing a 180 and trying to learn everything and seduce Audrey was very enjoyable. I really loved seeing Vlad try to seduce her and it did not go according to plan because he didn’t understand modern women. Vlad was a grump with a marshmallow center and I loved him so much. 

“You are the loveliest thing in existence…You make the stars look like cheap fluorescent lightbulbs”

Audrey is running from her ex-fiance who she caught cheating on her. She changes her honeymoon to a trip to Romania and finds herself quickly falling for the handsome, and very quirky and clueless Vlad. While I didn’t love how caught up Audrey was in appearances on social media and making good impressions, I did like that by the end we see her stand up for herself and her happiness. 

Audrey and Vlad’s relationship was super sweet, sexy, and fun. I loved watching these two fall in love. Vlad’s struggle to hide that he was a vampire was very amusing and I really enjoyed his inner monologue any time he was trying to control himself. Audrey fell hard but was still dealing with her ex and all the social media drama he was creating. It was an enjoyable relationship but it did feel a bit long at times. 

The world building in this was fascinating and right up my alley. This is a world where monsters are hidden from humans and they go through great lengths to keep it that way. In this book we are introduced to a few of the monsters, most of which you will be familiar with because they are the classic horror monsters: Vlad Tepesh, Frankenstein, and Jekyll. While not all of these characters are good people in this book, I still really liked them all for different reasons. Overall, I can’t wait to read the next book and see who falls next and what other monsters will appear. 

TW: cheating discussed (not main MCs); toxic parents; body shaming; alcohol consumption;