Review: Nothing like it
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 28, 2013
I've read erotica. And I've read vampire. And I read a ton of romance. I've even read homoerotic tales...and I never expected this to work.But it so did.I really loved how the author created compassionate, and passionate, characters here. The setting is alt-history, small-town Pennsylvania where vampires exist openly and are allowed to feed, but not kill or turn a victim into a vampire. (Spoiler: um, yeah, sometimes either or both happens...)Jamie is a nineteen y/o human with homoerotic desires, but has never tested himself. He's also very insecure, undersized, and regularly abused by his alcoholic father. His Taco King job sucks and he'd like to die, but he's too timid to kill himself. Working with a vampire, Jamie concocts a plan to have a vampire drain his blood. Reluctantly, his co-worker gives Jamie the name of a place where such a plan can become a reality.Damian is THE vampire. The eldest of all vampires in town, he's slumming in a blood den when Jamie approaches him, struck by Damian's beauty.Jamie wants this beautiful 'angel' to suck the life from him, but Damian realizes that Jamie's something rather special. The result is a very well-written, tender interlude. Though it is a short read (this is the first of a serial) the end is satisfying for the reader as well as the characters.Soon as I finished DRAIN ME DRY I downlowaded Episode 2, ADDICTED TO THE BITE.