This Blood that Binds Us

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Wilbur walked so lost in thought he failed to hear the twin pair of footsteps fall in step with his own. Above him, a crow sat, watching. there had been more of this around as well recently. This story feels, to me, like one of those books where the characters are everything. Everything. Without these characters, the story wouldn't be as good for me, truly. It pains my soul to know I'll have to wait 1 year to return to the Calem brothers and Kim 😭.

Romance? No. If you want a slow burn that burns so slow you don't get a kiss - even in the epilogue - then sure. But there is no actual romance or love in this story. She grabs his wrist and that's about it. Even their final "proclamation" of love is FILLED with the word "hypothetical," and I mean that literally. I smiled, wiping a few tears. "No. You didn't. I'd do it all again. All of the good. The bad. To meet you." No, the others weren't like him and would never be suitable companions, so he would just have to build the perfect family himself. Soon he would no longer be alone in this cruel world, soon he would have a family, have children and they would rule what remained together. They would have to be perfect though, and perfect took time. That was fine, he had an eternity after all

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The Blood That Binds Us, @erinmainordauthor’s debut novel is everything! I was consumed by this story as it kept me reading late into the midnight hours. Philza walked the earth for another millennium before he got tired of doing it alone. There were whispers, of course, of other things like him out in the world, lingering in the shadows and preying on the weak, but he paid them little mind. They were young, feral, cursed for some crime, unlike him. He had been given a gift, a second chance. It had just taken a while to see it. Friendship is a blood relation of the soul, where loyalty, trust, and understanding run as deep as any lineage.”

I’m so glad there’s still more books! I am not a fan of a cliffhanger but it does the job to keep me interested!!! Yes, Hannah, what?" He snapped and she startled, looking at him warily. She had been doing that more and more recently. All of this makes up an incredibly fun cast in our more tense and worrying plot. Seeing these characters deal with the rough situations they end up in means we get to see how their views change throughout this. I found this incredibly satisfying to watch.You were lost in your head. Its' closing time." She said curtly, still looking wary. He shook his head and stood, muscles protesting weakly after hours of disuse. He mildly wondered if that would still happen if he turned. I absolutely loved this book! We get to see a deeper dive into the vampire world as well as some history about the older Calem boys. This book takes us beyond the adorable, light-hearted, and tightknit bond the brothers have and shows what it means to lean on your family and friends in times of need. I did feel like the story and the characters were rushing with certain themes, like turning Kim into a vampire and Kim and Aaron's "together forever," but at least they didn't take 2 books to define these themes. Imagine if that were the case 😮‍💨. In the story of life, friends are the characters who become family, writing their own chapters of support and love.” This dark romantic fantasy has amazing characters, a true morally grey MMC, fierce enemies to lovers, forced proximity, witches, mages, and magical shifters referred to as transcendents.