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Vampires at Sea by Lindsay Merbaum
4.0

I received an ARC through NetGalley and this is my honest review.

A story as chaotic as its cover. (Seriously, what is that cover? It attracted me immediately.) It's about vampires, but also about a married couple gaining a third. Or something.

Rebekah and Hugh have been together for centuries, but on a cruise full of gay orgies, they meet a nonbinary influencer called Heaven, who gets between them. There is some interesting worldbuilding - Rebekah and Hugh are vampires who feed on emotions instead of blood, and I won't spoil what Heaven is, but surely not human.

It's dramatic and comedic at once. The commercialized queer activities are funny in a cringe way. Also there's a war in the background??

Overall a good read, definitely decadent and queer and a bit messy.