This book fell flat for me, which is a huge disappointment, because with a title like "Bloodlust and Bonnets" you expect a riotous, irreverent, dark comedy. Plus, the premise was vampire hunting! How do you make vampire hunting boring? I don't know, but this book did. The parody was never deep enough for the literary nerd in me. The bloodLUST was severely lacking, the violence was rarely humorous or even a feature. It would have made a fun contrast with the propriety of the romance genre, were it played up more. But 99% of this book was the characters being confused about their motivations, wondering out loud what their plot ought to be, and then bickering with each other... They don't know what story they're in, and they don't want to be here, so....what is motivating ME to stick around and read about them?

Now, give me the spinoff that's all about Napoleon the psychic French eagle! That bird's life was FULL of excitement, and purpose!

One star back for inclusion, though. It was nice to see a romance story with LGBTQA characters.