Book safety, content warnings and tropes down below.

“Fuck,” Gabe swore. “I never cry.” Soren huffed. “That’s not anything to be proud of.”

I finally got around to listening to the audiobook for Soren, and it was just as good as I remembered, and honestly made even better because of the lovely Michael Ferrawhatsit narrating it. His voice is literally perfect for cocky, murdery vampire twinks who chrochets as a hobby.

Soren wasn’t really my favorite when I read the books the first time (actually probably my least favorite), but that matters extremely little in this case. It has become one of my favorite series, especially when it comes to paranormal romance. Every book is entertaining, funny, cute and hot. They’re low on relationship angst, and pretty much makes the perfect comfort reads for me.

“Come here.” He motioned with his arms to Soren, who arched a brow at him. “Why?” Soren asked. “I want to hold you.” Gabe made “gimme” hands at the reluctant vampire.

Gabe is one of those characters that you end up liking more and more as the book unfolds and you get to know him better. During the first book you get the impression that he’s selfish, uncaring and cold, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. He’s mostly just deeply unhappy, drowning in guilt and struggling with anxiety.

“And I don’t mind who you flirt with, brat, as long as I get to be the one who takes you home at the end of the night.”

These books are utterly charming, and I highly recommend them. Soren is no exception.

⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️

⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Age gap
Doctor MC
Vampire
Crocheting
Fated mates
Bossy bottom
Size difference
Twink
Past trauma
‘Cuddle slut’

⚠️⚠️ Content warning ⚠️⚠️
Blood consumption
Broken bones
Violence
Explicit sexual content
Parent with Alzheimer’s
Panic attacks
Anxiety
Mentions of past abuse
Gun violence
On-page killing
Burning of a body

⚠️⚠️⚠️ Book safety ⚠️⚠️⚠️
Cheating: No
OM/OW drama: No
Third-act breakup: No
POV: 3rd person, dual POV
Genre: Paranormal romance, M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Strict roles
MC age: 300+ and *not specified

*as far as I could tell

Because instead of doing better, Gabe had been getting worse. His world had stopped making sense a year ago. His anxiety kept building; his emotions kept spiraling. He felt like he was… pretending all the time. Pretending to have it together. Pretending to be happy. And he was terrified of anyone seeing through it. And now here he was, failing his family. Again.

He was an idiot, of course. Classic American male with too many emotions and no idea what to do with any of them. Like the way he’d been pushing his family away for years when it was clear to anyone with half a brain they meant the world to him. Idiot, for sure.