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3.75
funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This book tells the story of Lily, who wakes up and realizes she’s a vampire, but has no memory of it. 
The next day (night) she discovers what happened and meets her Maker, Tristan. 
They have one problem: it’s forbidden to make a new vampire without consent of the Grand Master. Now they have to keep eachother safe whilst (not so slowly) falling for eachother. 
Lily has another problem: she has some severe body image issues and now she’ll never be able to lose weight again and she has to come to terms with the way she looks. 

This story was quite entertaining. Lily was really funny in her discovery what it’s like to be a vampire. She’s quite quirky and I laughed out loud with all the Twilight-references. 
The storyline of her body image issues & eating disorder is quite prominent though. It’s definitely not the main part of the book, but as it’s a big part of Lily’s life, it’s also a big part of the book. I didn’t really relate to Lily on that part, but I definitely got a better picture on how body image issues can have a big impact on your life. 

Some of the character growth came a little bit too fast. For example, Lily’s mother is kind of the cause of her eating disorder, and from one day to the other, she has accepted Lily the way she is? 
Lily’s acceptance of her own body came quite suddenly as well, which I didn’t think to be realistic. 
I did really like the relationship between Lily & her best friend Cat. They were very wholesome. I also quite liked Tristan, but I’ve always had a weak spot for broody, self-tortured vampires. 

The writing style was very fluent, what made it a very easy read. There were a few smutty scenes as well. They weren’t the best I’ve ever read, but they weren’t exaggerated or very long, which I appreciated. 

To summarise: it was a fun book about vampires that didn’t take itself too seriously & it read very fluent. Body image issues and eating disorder are very important trigger warnings though!

Thank you @netgalley & @sourcebookscasa for the e-arc! 

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