Michelle

This is a short dystopian, vampire speculative fiction/fantasy. Its spicy, its feminist, we have a scientist fmc, its a great read. We met the fmc, down on her luck having left her abusive husband, sofa surfing and in a bad place mentally.

The world has had its population decimated because of a mysterious illness. The fmc ends up in a science research facility trying to solve the cause of said illness, but nothing is as it seems

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Its fast paced, the world is interesting, the characters (particularly the women) are developed, flawed, varied and have their own traumas and coping mechanisms. I loved the feminist explorations through this; male abuse, expectations, having children all woven into the story.

The plot thickens as the book progresses and there are a number of well told twists and turns and big surprises at the end of the book. I did not expect the ending at all and guessed completely incorrectly where it was headed!

The mmc was great, I won't say too much about him, as I don't want to spoil it. But he's a quiet librarian in glasses. Eniugh said. I would say, his character seemed slightly less well developed compared to the women, so I hope he gets more of a story in the next book. But for a 275 book, so much is covered.

Overall I was really impressed with this and I will definitely read the next in the series, out in 2027! @emma_ellis_author

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