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Filthy Rich Vampire by Geneva Lee/Geneva Lee Albin

Series:
Filthy Rich Vampires #1

Genre:
Vampires, Paranormal, Supernatural, Book Series, Romance, Romantasy, Contemporary, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Adult, Dark, Dark Romance, Fated Mates, Spicy Romance, Billionaire Romance, Witches and Wizards, Age Gap

Publication Date:
May 24, 2022

Pages Numbers:
429

Read Date:
June 22nd, 2024

Date Finished:
June 23rd, 2024

Rating:
3.5/5

Blurb:

Julian Rousseaux has a problem. He’s single, and for the world’s wealthiest vampires, the social season is about to begin. Julian would rather stake himself than participate in the marriage market. But as the eldest eligible Rousseaux, he’s expected to find a wife before the season ends―whether he likes it or not.

When cellist Thea literally stumbles into his life at a gala, he knows she's the last person he could ever fall in love with. She's too innocent, too kind, and way too human. But now that she knows about his world, she's also a walking target. She needs protection. He needs a fake girlfriend to discourage overzealous vampire matchmaking.

So, Julian makes Thea an irresistible offer: pretend to be his lover and he’ll change her life. For one year, they’ll attend the season’s social events together in exchange for his protection and a way out of her mother’s crippling medical debt.

She can’t say no. But the vampire world is impossibly decadent and darker than Thea ever imagined, and Julian’s filthy rich vampire family wants her out of the way. But with each moment they share, new dangers emerge: a desire as forbidden as their stolen touches, an awakening of a long-dead heart, and secrets that could tear them both apart.

Sensual, dangerous, provocative ― step into a daring new world of dark magic, primal attraction, and breathtaking romance.

Review:

If someone were to summarize this book, it would be "Bridgerton meets Crazy Rich Asians with vampire seasons and fated mates." This is the first book in a series with our main male character, Julian, awakened by his brother after thirty-nine years of sleep. The reason? The Rites (a vampire season) is arriving and his mother wants him to find a witch to be his bride. Julian has no desire to marry - ever. That is until he meets Thea at the first event of the vampire season.

Thea, our female lead, is a broke student working three jobs to make ends meet and to help her mother with her treatments. When she takes up the job as a cellist at an event, she does not think she will be meeting with fate - until Julian crosses her path.

When Julian offers her deal - play his girlfriend and he will pay for her mother's treatments - Thea takes it unaware things are about to go sideways for the couple.

While I loved this book and its premise, I found the book lacking in storyline growth. For the first half of the book, it lagged to the point that I considered putting this book down. I had heard a lot of good things about this book, especially from friends, and this book was not delivering on it. The characters did seem to be clicking and their relationship lacked the chemistry I was expecting. This could be that this is just book one and its growth might come with book two.

That is what I am hoping for.