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Vampish: The Hunt by G.K. DeRosa

Series:
Vampish #1

Genre:
Shapeshifters, Vampires, Werewolves, Dragons, Romantasy, Fantasy, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, Dual Points of View, Supernatural, Enemies to Lovers, Fated Mates, Contemporary, Insta-Love, New Adult, Duology and Trilogy, Slow Burn

Publication Date:
January 15, 2022

Pages Numbers:
344

Read Date:
October 18th, 2023

Date Finished:
October 19th, 2023

Rating:
.5/5

Blurb:

Move over Buffy, there’s a new slayer in town…

And I’m going to hunt down every bloodsucker until I find the bastard that murdered my parents.

After spending three years as a recruit training to kill wayward vampires, it’s finally graduation day. Now I’ll be leading an elite team, assembled by the Royal vampire queen herself.

Everything is going according to plan until I meet him. He might be charming, witty, and sexy, but he’s everything I hate—a vampire.

My enemy.

Our connection is undeniable, but I refuse to submit.

My whole life I’d been trained to hate fangers but teaming up with him might be the only way to get my revenge and save the humans from the rebel vampires after the queen’s throne.

And more than that, he might be the key to bringing back something I thought I’d lost forever.

*** This is an upper YA/NA crossover with schmexy, sinful vampires and is best suited for ages 17+. Be warned this is a slow burn enemies-to-lovers romance, and the steaminess factor does increase through the course of the series! ♥

Review:

I wish I could say that the female lead was badass. I wish I could say that her personality was not so one dimension and that she was likable and the reader would reach a connection with her.

I would be wrong. Her entire character was lackluster. There was nothing about her that would be memorable to me or any reader who picked up this book. She lacked depth and it was really hard to form any connection with her. Her laser focus on getting revenge was the entire storyline with no real action and certainly no memorable moments that I could point out that pushed the storyline even just a little bit.

Our female lead has a tragic past. Her parents were killed. She and her sibling managed to survive. And, lo and behold, she has a power the enemy had a chance to see and now he had been hunting her...trying to find her.

All the markings of an unimpressive recycled female character in an urban fantasy genre world.

Because you forced me to be your girlfriend, and it wasn't what I really wanted.

Gurrl, you could have said no. You just went along with it. You have a voice. You could have spoken up and said you were not interested. You weren't ready. Or you could have said that he was not someone you connected to. I mean, it may hurt his feelings but he would have understood and probably gotten over it and moved on.

So, this was on you and NOT him.

I just could not with this girl. I wanted to like her so much but I could not. I could find NOTHING likable about her.

Final Thought:

While I would discourage other readers from this book, I don't feel that is fair to those who might have a different opinion on this one. I do wish to warn any future reader that this story is painfully slow and the female lead has no character growth.