Don't Hex and Drive (Stay a Spell, Band 2)

Reread, 1. Read (09/23) In diesem Band steht die introvertierte Isodora im Mittelpunkt – und ich konnte ihre Darstellung nur genießen. Sie ist im Vergleich zum 1. Band wahnsinnig gewachsen und wirkt dadurch noch greifbarer und liebenswerter. Besonders gelungen fand ich die Balance zwischen ihrer ruhigen, nachdenklichen Art und der Stärke, die sie im Laufe der Handlung zeigt. Die Liebesgeschichte ist wunderschön erzählt, mit einer tollen Chemie zwischen den Figuren, und auch die spicy Szenen sind intensiv und perfekt in die Handlung eingebettet. Dazu kommt ein spannender Plot mit Whodunnit-Elementen, der mich richtig fesseln konnte. So bleibt das Buch nicht nur romantisch und prickelnd, sondern bietet auch einen mitreißenden Spannungsbogen.

in my search of good vampire books, I saw this reccomended several times on reddit, so I gave it a try. the idea of the book is good and I'm sure the author has planned it out well, however I couldn't bring myself to finish it. (gave up at 35%) I like detailed and diverse character creation (e.g. Isadora is not a small woman every man lusts after because she's helpless and naive/Devraj is an ex-Bollywood actor which I'd never seen before in a book) but for my taste it was way too much. Isadora has a million sisters that seem interesting but with they way they show up for a few pages again and again I just cannot keep track of them like I want to. The world building is cleary thought-out and detailed but as I was looking for a simple vampire book, I did not anticipate how magic and vampires work here. (might be a spoiler, so skip the next sentence) Devraj is a special kind of vampire and seems to have psychic abilities and visions, while all vampires can apparently go invisible They are also not really immortal but age up to 300 years or something, if I remember correctly. Each sister is a different kind of witch, and I find it a little odd that, as sisters, each if them coincidentally inherited a different main ability. It felt like on each page, there was new magical stuff to learn about all characters and while in the beginning I found it interesting, after a couple of chapers it was just too much for me. The banter between Isadora and Devraj is nice and sometimes funny, but as I didn't get too far into their relationship development, I wonder how the spice that is mentioned will fit in there. All in all, it could be a nice book, just not for me. If you like a very detailed world with very unique magical features and abilities, this might be for you, though.