Love Bites is about finding love and relearning trust after abuse, even as the characters still struggle with fear and guilt: this creates two main characters who are realistically flawed, incredibly multi-faceted. I am a 90s baby, and a British one at that, so I can’t make a comment on the setting.īefore delving into the novel, I expected something of rom-com magnitudes it definitely falls within the genre – however, whilst there is humour, the subject matter is a lot heavier. As such, it is perfect for drawing nostalgia from 90s teenagers and young adults. Love Bites is a romance set in 1999, just before the turn of the millennium. So offer me two women falling in love, and one of them is a vampire, and I will take the idea and run off with it like a dragon hoarding sapphic books. The vampire renaissance is here, and I for one am welcoming it with open arms. (Thank you to the publisher Jo Fletcher Books, via NetGalley, for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.) The Queen of Diamonds, crossed by the Queen of Clubs. But how do you build a life together when one of you is already dead? Angela has sharp and deadly teeth.Īngela and Chloë might just be perfect for each other. Trouble is, Angela can only come out at night. Suddenly, home alone is the last place Chloë wants to be.

In Angela’s eyes, Chloë can see a future. student whose smile makes her heart pound. Then she meets Angela, a smart, beautiful astronomy Ph.D. So when she’s bullied into a night of dancing by her busybody aunt and finds herself in a goth club, on her own, in a strange part of town, she isn’t looking for anything more than to pass the time until she can leave. Synopsis: Two years after a painful divorce, Chloë is still struggling to leave the house, paralysed by anxiety and memory. Publisher: Quercus Books // Jo Fletcher Books I might or might not grow older, but somehow I’ll be different.

Love bites ry herman