Publication: 15th August 2024 – Gollancz
Werewolf Ben Rosewood is happy with his life. One hundred percent. Everything is fine. His business, Ben’s Plant Emporium, is thriving, and he’s even expanding the shop. His anxiety disorder is…well, it’s been better, but that comes with the territory of running a business and having beastly urges every full moon, right? As for romance-who has the time? Though his family is desperate to see him settled, Ben is fine approaching forty as a single werewolf. But after drunkenly bidding on and winning a supposedly-possessed crystal on eBay one night, he finds himself face-to-face with a beautiful yet angry vampire.
Eleonore Bettencourt-Devereux is a rare breed-a vampire succubus born from two elite European bloodlines during medieval times. Thanks to an evil witch, she’s been stuck in a crystal since she was thirty, forced to obey orders from the possessor of the rock. Eleonore’s been dreaming of breaking the spell and severing the witch’s head for centuries. But did this witch really sell her to someone new, and for only ninety-nine cents?
Eleonore would claw this werewolf’s heart out and eat it, if only the binding spell would allow her to. But Eleonore and Ben soon realize they can help each other with both vengeful and less hostile needs. And why not have a little fun along the way?
Gentle, sweet, never-able-to-say-no werewolf Ben Rosewood is mostly happy with his life. Of course, he wishes he has more time for himself, especially now that he’s opening a new activity and he is also helping his sister running for mayor of Glimmer Falls. Also, he hates turning into a werewolf and chasing animals. And, while his friends around him are all happily in love, he is still single.
One night, Ben returns home drunk and buys a crystal off eBay and then forgets about it. Until the crystal is delivered to his home and a very angry and beautiful vampire succubus named Eleonore Bettencourt-Devereux comes out from it.
A Werewolf’s Guide to Seducing a Vampire is such a fun read!!! I loved Ben and Eleanor. He is so adorable, genuine and shy, always ready to help others, even if that means staying up all night. Eleanor, on the other hand, is not at all gentle. Sassy, Star-Trek lover, and very very angry after being stuck for centuries inside the crystal, she is looking for revenge against the witch who trapped her there and Ben promises to help her break the curse so she can finally be free. Eleanor was such a fun and intriguing character and some of my favourite scenes were her attempts to adapt to the modern world.
I can’t recommend the Glimmer Falls series enough. Set in a town where magical creatures live mostly harmoniously, from witches to demons, from werewolves to pixies, it is such a fun and delightful series and A Werewolf’s Guide to Seducing a Vampire is my favourite story. Steamy, romantic, and hilarious, it will keep you quite entertained!
A huge thank you to Gollancz and NetGalley from providing me with a proof of this wonderful novel.
Sarah Hawley lives in the Pacific Northwest, where her hobbies include rambling through the woods and appreciating fictional villains. She has an MA in archaeology and has excavated at an Inca site in Chile, a Bronze Age palace in Turkey, and a medieval abbey in England. When not dreaming up whimsical love stories, she can be found reading, dancing, or cuddling her two cats.
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