If you like your vampires swoony and with plenty of action, you have to read A Cruel Thirst. This recent release delivers emotions from a to z. I fell in love with Carolina and Lalo and their enemies to lovers! Keep reading this book review of A Cruel Thirst for my full thoughts.
Summary
Carolina Fuentes has always wanted to join her family in hunting down the bloodthirsty monsters that plague her pueblo. But these days, her father wants her out of town with a husband of his choosing. That’s not happening. Carolina plans to show everyone that she’d make a better vampire slayer than wife. But when she runs into a sediento that is not only handsome but kind, she questions everything.
Lalo Villalobos doesn’t act on impulses. As the eldest of two, his duties were to carry on the family business, marry, and have children. But then he is turned into a sediento and must flee the city, taking lives as he goes north, where he believes the first vampire was made. Surely, the pueblo there will have the answers to reverse this curse or end sedientos altogether. Another unexpected turn? Lalo runs right into a beautiful young woman who’d gladly stake him.
Fortunately, mostly for him, they share a common enemy. They can stop these evil beasts. Together. And if along the way, Lalo and Fernanda discover what it is to truly live and love, then they’ll have won anyway.
Review
(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)
A Cruel Thirst has the enemies to lovers, vampires and vampire hunters, and family secrets. But how can you not fall in love with Lalo instantly? His bond with his sister is precious, how he’s committed to taking down the vampires, and this soft cinnamon scholar boy. From the beginning, there are not only instant sparks, but a meeting we will never forget. There’s almost an instant cat and mouse dynamic between them. Let the banter fly! A Cruel Thirst is a story that I devoured.
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With some precious side characters, like Lalo’s sister and Carolina’s family, there’s a plethora of things to love about A Cruel Thirst. What begins as a book with scorching chemistry as we see Carolina and Lalo get to know each other, becomes a story about secrets. One that examines the very nature of vampires themselves. Do we let our first impressions of someone become cemented? Or do we allow people to change our perceptions? Finally, A Cruel Thirst explores love, what we would do for love, and sacrifice.
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