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Blood Choice

11/9/2017

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PARANORMAL  ROMANCE

Title: Blood Choice
Author: LE Wilson  
Publication date: 10/27/17
Kindle Unlimited: No
Cliffhanger: No

Reading paranormal romance has been tough for me lately. Everything I’ve picked up in the past few months has had a “been there, done that” feel to it. (There’s only so many tough, sassy heroines and dark brooding heroes I can take, you know?) But the Deathless Night series is one I’ve stuck with from the beginning, and I wasn’t about to skip the final book, especially when it was about my book boyfriend in the series (Jesse, the warlock). And I have to say a great big thanks to the reading gods (and, you know, the author, of course) for this one, because it helped restore my faith in the paranormal genre as a whole.
This author is kind of a master of writing vampire heroes that can be dark and twisty with horrific pasts (see Dante from Blood Submission), yet still redeemable, sweet, and swoon-worthy, and the smart, sassy, quirky witches who love them. In this book, the tables are turned and the vampire is a woman, and the hero is the magic man (in more ways than one. Rawr). Seeing that kind of turnabout was a welcome addition to the series (and to the genre in general, really).
The plot was intricate without being TOO intricate (I hate having to think too hard while I’m reading, you know?), there were no annoying grammatical/spelling errors to pull me out of the story, and the dialogue was smooth and realistic. Sexy times were VERY sexy. (No super clean, closed door sex here, folks. This couple is steamy with a side of holy-God-that-was-hot)

I will admit that there were a couple of times in the story where I wanted to reach through my Kindle, grab Shea by the throat, and yell at her. (Just let him try and touch you, damn it! Give the poor man a chance!) But if she’d just fallen on her back with her legs up in the air the second the hero showed up, it would’ve been a super short book, and that wouldn’t have made me happy either. So, I guess it’s good that the author went ahead and did things her way. Whatever. (*Grumbles about poor Jesse and how hard he had to work to win Shea over*)

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All in all, this is a bittersweet read. Sweet because it was, you know, really good—but still a little bitter because this was the last book in the series. I’ll miss you, Nik, Luuk, Aiden, Shea, Dante and Christian! But Jesse, I think I’ll miss you most of all…
    
Note: we received an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review.
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Does this book contribute to or help crush the romance stigma?
Crushes it! No rehab needed. This one is clean and sober. 

Other reading suggestions
Check out the rest of the Deathless Night series. For another series about a human who falls for a dangerous vampire, try Amanda Carney’s First Fruits. And for lighter paranormal romance, try Isabel Jordan’s Semi-Charmed .

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