This book is fascinating to me, and it might be because it had so much potential. Don't get me wrong, I liked this book, but certain parts of it haven't aged well. My first issue is the unnecessary prologue and epilogue. They are part of the story, there is no reason to label them that way, they just should be the first chapter and the last chapter. There is also the issue with the framing of the first chapter because it frames Dwayne as predatory and rape-y in order to justify Lissiana feeding on him so we don't feel any sympathy for him and more sympathy for her, but in this situation she is clearly the predator here because she is a fricking vampire. Dwayne shouldn't be trying to lure Lissiana outside to have sex. That doesn't make sense, it should be the other way around. He has a cucumber stuffed down his pants because the implication is that if he has a medical condition he has difficulty getting an erection. The author, from Lissiana's perspective then proceeds to moralize about body modification and how people are always trying to be something they are not in an extremely unironic fashion because it is a sentiment echoed by the love interest Greg. Here's the thing, Lissiana is a vampire who has always been perfect, can't gain weight and is incredibly beautiful. It makes sense that a vampire would think these things, but it doesn't make sense for a person with a doctorate in psychology to echo this sentiment. If anything he should be challenging this opinion, and this is kind of a problem with the hero because in order to emphasize how perfect he is in Lissiana, they are always in agreement. I like this book a lot conceptually. I like the idea that vampirism isn't mystical, but scientific. I like the idea of a hemophobic vampire. These ideas have a lot of potential, but the author doesn't seem to be interested in actively exploring them. Like, I would have liked Greg to have tried to help Lissiana with this phobia during the course of the book. That would have been extremely interesting, but the author literally doesn't care to investigate this. ( )

DNF at 15%
bad writing. Bad bad bad.

This was a cheesy, cute and funny story but with a lot of info dumping (perhaps a bit understandably as the first book in a series, but too much for me). ( )

3.5 stars. Review will be posted soon! ( )

"Listened to audio narrated by Victoria McGee. Greg is a psychologist who specializes in curing phobias. Lissianna's mother kidnaps him in order for him to cure her of her phobia. This leads a lot of campy twists and turns and misunderstandings. Things get more complicated when he isn't easily manipulated and they find out that Lissiana can't read him at all. Then there's the 'mysterious' attacks on Lissiana to solve, except it's pretty obvious as the reader who was responsible.

This is a light hearted, campy, vamp book. If you like those sorts of reads, I think you'll enjoy this book. Although you may still wonder how someone as old as Lissiana can be so clueless."

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