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A review by ivets
Rose by Ripley Proserpina
3.0
***SPOILER ALERT***
SUMMARY: The book hooks you at the beginning when monsters have taken over Boston. Our main character, Rose, as a child, is being eaten alive by one of the slithering monsters. Rose is saved by a good-looking man named RA. Eventually the monsters disappear and everyone forgets that night. Rose, as the sole survivor of the "Boston Nightmare," continues to live her life in chronic pain as a symptom of the monster's bite. She visits her doctor frequently so he can draw her blood, under the guise that he's trying to fix her condition. As she's leaving the hospital one day, two good-looking men named Seti and Horus walk past her and they all feel a pull to one another. Seti and Horus convince Rose that they can bring her to doctors who can help her. In taking Rose to the new doctors, Seti and Horus introduce her to their brother Ra. Ra and Rose are surprised by the reunion and though they also feel the pull, Ra is resistant to starting a relationship with the grown-up Rose. They find out that Rose's former doctor was using her for her blood. When they try to track him down to find out more, the doctor has disappeared and Rose is attacked by a horde of monsters. The book finishes with the discovery that the former doctor was using Rose's blood to create an army of monsters.
WHAT I LIKED: I read some 150 Reverse Harem books in 2020 and this one had some unique details. For one, Rose's blood is poison to her harem. Rather than lusting after drinking it, they actually have to avoid it. Also, none of the members of the harem have ever shared a woman before. It's completely new to all of them and it will be interesting to see how they deal with the obstacles that could present.
WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE: The foreword does say that this is a spin-off of the Midnight's Crown series and that we'll see some familiar characters, but I was shocked by the large role these characters played in the story. I can't imagine how confused someone who hasn't read Midnight's Crown would be reading this book. I actually read that series and I was still confused as to why the Midnight's Crown characters were even in Rose's story. You can tell Briar and her harem are close to Ra, Seti, and Horus but we have no idea why other than the fact they are vampires too. It felt like 50% of the book had Briar and her harem in it or mentioned and it felt so contrived. They did not add anything to Rose's story, but rather detracted from it. So much time was spent on Briar and her harem when it could've been dedicated to developing Rose's character, harem, and story line.
SUMMARY: The book hooks you at the beginning when monsters have taken over Boston. Our main character, Rose, as a child, is being eaten alive by one of the slithering monsters. Rose is saved by a good-looking man named RA. Eventually the monsters disappear and everyone forgets that night. Rose, as the sole survivor of the "Boston Nightmare," continues to live her life in chronic pain as a symptom of the monster's bite. She visits her doctor frequently so he can draw her blood, under the guise that he's trying to fix her condition. As she's leaving the hospital one day, two good-looking men named Seti and Horus walk past her and they all feel a pull to one another. Seti and Horus convince Rose that they can bring her to doctors who can help her. In taking Rose to the new doctors, Seti and Horus introduce her to their brother Ra. Ra and Rose are surprised by the reunion and though they also feel the pull, Ra is resistant to starting a relationship with the grown-up Rose. They find out that Rose's former doctor was using her for her blood. When they try to track him down to find out more, the doctor has disappeared and Rose is attacked by a horde of monsters. The book finishes with the discovery that the former doctor was using Rose's blood to create an army of monsters.
WHAT I LIKED: I read some 150 Reverse Harem books in 2020 and this one had some unique details. For one, Rose's blood is poison to her harem. Rather than lusting after drinking it, they actually have to avoid it. Also, none of the members of the harem have ever shared a woman before. It's completely new to all of them and it will be interesting to see how they deal with the obstacles that could present.
WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE: The foreword does say that this is a spin-off of the Midnight's Crown series and that we'll see some familiar characters, but I was shocked by the large role these characters played in the story. I can't imagine how confused someone who hasn't read Midnight's Crown would be reading this book. I actually read that series and I was still confused as to why the Midnight's Crown characters were even in Rose's story. You can tell Briar and her harem are close to Ra, Seti, and Horus but we have no idea why other than the fact they are vampires too. It felt like 50% of the book had Briar and her harem in it or mentioned and it felt so contrived. They did not add anything to Rose's story, but rather detracted from it. So much time was spent on Briar and her harem when it could've been dedicated to developing Rose's character, harem, and story line.