Bleeding Hearts (Once Upon a Monster #1) by Emma Hamm
Published: September 27th 2021
Review:
Myth: 2/5
I enjoy a gothic vampire romance to kick off the Halloween season. I had a hard time getting into the romance, the Duke leaned a little too far with villain vibes, instead of misunderstood or had some kind of change of heart on his ways. The chemistry was a little lacking for me. About halfway in there was a little more relationship building between Maeve and Martin’s chemistry but that seemed too long to wait for me.
Magic: 2/5
Once Upon a Monster series presents a traditional church vs the ‘unnatural’ or, more aptly, 'supernatural’. Maeve was an agent of the church, in her own kind of prison, but I that story thread was really only helpful to set the story, it wasn’t really resolved at the end of book one and I can’t tell if it would be addressed in the sister’s stories since they seem more like traditional romance novels where each story is standalone with overlapping characters or world.
Overall: 2/5
While I liked the gothic mood setting for the spooky season, vampire/vampire hunter romance didn’t land for me.
