Blood Orange (The Dracula Duet, Band 1)
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From New York Times bestselling author Karina Halle comes a dark and delicious Dracula retelling filled with secrets and lies, dangerous liaisons and a forbidden, student-teacher, second chance love story with a twist.
"My heart will always find yours."
Dahlia Abernathy has only known revenge. When her parents were killed at an early age by vampires, Dahlia spent the rest of her life under the thumb of the Witch's Guild being trained to kill them. Her latest mission sends her undercover to a prestigious music academy in Venice, Italy. Her goal? To kill Professor Valtu Aminoff, her teacher and the notorious vampire who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.
But getting close to a dangerous vampire like Professor Aminoff is one thing. Falling for him is another. With Dahlia's appearance disguised under a glamor spell, Valtu has no idea that the woman who has become his new dark obsession is actually the reincarnation of the woman he loved and lost twice before.
And Dahlia doesn't remember that the very man she has been sent to kill is the love of her life.
Will their love come through and transcend time once again? Or are the fated lovers destined to let history repeat itself?
Blood Orange is a modern-day Dracula retelling about the "real-life" Dracula that inspired Bram Stoker. This is a dark vampire romance with plenty of content warnings (please check interior of book for extensive list as it is +++++spicy). It is a complete standalone (AKA you do not need to read any other books prior).
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Wieder mal komplett überzeugt. Vampir und Hexe, das kann nicht gut gehen oder doch? Im Buch konnte man sich die ganze Zeit über denken, was ungefähr zum Schluss des ersten Teils passiert und doch kam es am Ende noch mal ganz anders. Ich war echt überrascht und hab keine Sekunde damit gerechnet. Umso gespannt bin ich nun auf Band 2. Fand das Buch auch wieder sehr spannend auch wenn sie die Spannung nicht dauerhaft durch das Buch gezogen hat? Hat es der Geschichte kein Abbruch getan.
Trainwreck
Also ein oder zwei Spicy Scenes waren ganz gut, aber ab der ersten davon besteht das Buch aus nix anderem mehr. Wie die FMC da mit dem Wort "love" um sich werfen kann, ist mir schleierhaft. Die Idee von "Dracula" aufzugreifen, dass Draculas erste Frau in Mina wiedergeboren wird, ist ganz nett, aber irgendwie - hat weder das College-Setting irgendeine große Rolle ab dem ersten Bumsen gespielt, - Der Plot null Relevanz gehabt- warum son Weltuntergangsszenario überhaupt einbringen, wenn es am Ende komplett ignoriert wird? - waren die letzten 10% mit der dramatisches Auflösung totaler Müll - hat der Charakter unserer FMC null Sinn gehabt. Sie hasst Vampire, dann vögeln die und sie hat nicht mal einen Gewissenskonflikt? Oh jeeeeee... - Alle Fragen, die offen bleiben, sind absolut nicht interessant genug, um einen 2. Band zu rechtfertigen. Richtig schlechtes Plotting und richtig schlechte Struktur.
I am sorry, but it just wasn't well written at all. I get why some people might have enjoyed it, sometimes all you need is a spicy romance staring your toxic childhood fantasy crush that helps you to shut off your brain.. but even then I feel like you would want it to be a little better written than some Wattpad fan fic. Sex scenes don't make a book a good one. There is not that much of a story. The characters are pretty shallow and have pretty much zero development throughout the book. The spicy scenes were really spicy, I will give her that, but sadly just kinda felt like the script to a porn movie. I do enjoy hot scenes! There are some really good ones in literature, but these were just not it. Way too over the top, too many, too much, too everything. All in all it seemed a little like the author just wrote down some of her (unrealistic)sex fantasies and tried to connect them through a little bit of plot. Would not recommend. If you want good spice, there a definitely wayyy better options.
Description
From New York Times bestselling author Karina Halle comes a dark and delicious Dracula retelling filled with secrets and lies, dangerous liaisons and a forbidden, student-teacher, second chance love story with a twist.
"My heart will always find yours."
Dahlia Abernathy has only known revenge. When her parents were killed at an early age by vampires, Dahlia spent the rest of her life under the thumb of the Witch's Guild being trained to kill them. Her latest mission sends her undercover to a prestigious music academy in Venice, Italy. Her goal? To kill Professor Valtu Aminoff, her teacher and the notorious vampire who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.
But getting close to a dangerous vampire like Professor Aminoff is one thing. Falling for him is another. With Dahlia's appearance disguised under a glamor spell, Valtu has no idea that the woman who has become his new dark obsession is actually the reincarnation of the woman he loved and lost twice before.
And Dahlia doesn't remember that the very man she has been sent to kill is the love of her life.
Will their love come through and transcend time once again? Or are the fated lovers destined to let history repeat itself?
Blood Orange is a modern-day Dracula retelling about the "real-life" Dracula that inspired Bram Stoker. This is a dark vampire romance with plenty of content warnings (please check interior of book for extensive list as it is +++++spicy). It is a complete standalone (AKA you do not need to read any other books prior).
Book Information
Posts
Wieder mal komplett überzeugt. Vampir und Hexe, das kann nicht gut gehen oder doch? Im Buch konnte man sich die ganze Zeit über denken, was ungefähr zum Schluss des ersten Teils passiert und doch kam es am Ende noch mal ganz anders. Ich war echt überrascht und hab keine Sekunde damit gerechnet. Umso gespannt bin ich nun auf Band 2. Fand das Buch auch wieder sehr spannend auch wenn sie die Spannung nicht dauerhaft durch das Buch gezogen hat? Hat es der Geschichte kein Abbruch getan.
Trainwreck
Also ein oder zwei Spicy Scenes waren ganz gut, aber ab der ersten davon besteht das Buch aus nix anderem mehr. Wie die FMC da mit dem Wort "love" um sich werfen kann, ist mir schleierhaft. Die Idee von "Dracula" aufzugreifen, dass Draculas erste Frau in Mina wiedergeboren wird, ist ganz nett, aber irgendwie - hat weder das College-Setting irgendeine große Rolle ab dem ersten Bumsen gespielt, - Der Plot null Relevanz gehabt- warum son Weltuntergangsszenario überhaupt einbringen, wenn es am Ende komplett ignoriert wird? - waren die letzten 10% mit der dramatisches Auflösung totaler Müll - hat der Charakter unserer FMC null Sinn gehabt. Sie hasst Vampire, dann vögeln die und sie hat nicht mal einen Gewissenskonflikt? Oh jeeeeee... - Alle Fragen, die offen bleiben, sind absolut nicht interessant genug, um einen 2. Band zu rechtfertigen. Richtig schlechtes Plotting und richtig schlechte Struktur.
I am sorry, but it just wasn't well written at all. I get why some people might have enjoyed it, sometimes all you need is a spicy romance staring your toxic childhood fantasy crush that helps you to shut off your brain.. but even then I feel like you would want it to be a little better written than some Wattpad fan fic. Sex scenes don't make a book a good one. There is not that much of a story. The characters are pretty shallow and have pretty much zero development throughout the book. The spicy scenes were really spicy, I will give her that, but sadly just kinda felt like the script to a porn movie. I do enjoy hot scenes! There are some really good ones in literature, but these were just not it. Way too over the top, too many, too much, too everything. All in all it seemed a little like the author just wrote down some of her (unrealistic)sex fantasies and tried to connect them through a little bit of plot. Would not recommend. If you want good spice, there a definitely wayyy better options.