Gypsy Blood by Kristy Cunning
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Gotta be honest, I was expecting full on monster smut… What I got was a slowburning, worldbuilding, plot featuring hot alpha monsters , where a gypsy girl moves to small town to find out that every myth… is real. And now they won’t leave her alone
Violet I’m gonna be honest she was pretty damn naive, and I’m little concerned whether the bitch has any survival skills
Being a Portocale gypsy, she has special blood that enables her to see ghosts and interact with all the monsters of the world… she’s just never met any till now, I guess
This was one of thoseee clicheee heroine has very limited knowledge of the world she belongs to *yawn* and a parental figure who only divulges THE BARE FuCkInG minimal information
But thankfully we have the helpful BFF sidekick, her name is Anna who was by farrr the thirstiest fucking ghost I have ever had the privilege — nay the PLEASURE of reading
Honestly, Anna totally added another element to this book. I adored her witty comments and constant sexual jokes to break up the tension… wait did I enjoy the thirsty ghost more than the main character ?? Huh
Essentially, the plot is Violet arrives to take over her mom’s shop, expecting just a small town.. instead she finds a city of monsters
We meet Emit the werewolf, Vance the Van Hasling monster killer, Damien the ?? succubus demon guy ??, and Arion the original vampire who are basically from the 4 origin monster families
Each of the guys were pretty great and clearly distinct from each other. With their own voice and motives so when the chapter’s switched to their POV, they didn’t all mash together and sound like the same fucking person !
I quickly found my favorites, but generally liked them all and it was brilliant how we got more insight into their hilarious group dynamic. They all hate each other, have wayyy 2 much history but can never escape their group
“I have never envied him more than I do in this moment, and I’m seconds away from stabbing him…if I can find anything to stab him with.
“Where’d you get the damn cookies?” It’s the most ridiculous question to ask with such an urgency to one’s tone.
“From the only Portocale gypsy who wouldn’t have any clue just how big of a deal it was,” he tells me.
“So what’s the cost?” I ask him like nothing else matters.”
You’d think each of these powerful monsters would be powerful alphas just ruling their own little corner of the world. Nope. Each of these punks have been FUCKED UP by life and have been cursed. Honestly.. they are kinda a mess.
We find out that each alpha has been cursed, understand their history together, and fall *little bit* more in love with them every chapter.
The reverse harem, was slow as fuck. It wasn’t nearly as sexy as I expected and wanted. Actually I don’t think we even got to first base for any of them ….. boooooo…. but hey we still got a couple more books
My main critique that god I just hopeee they fix in the second, is the plot: Tighten up son! I have literally no idea what the plot of this series is gonna be. I have no idea what Violet’s goals or motives in this world are.
I want the second setup to help us better understand where our characters are going now *now that we’ve met everyone. Honestly, this book was a clear a “intro book”.. because the plot was virtually nonexistent and only focused on having Violent learn about the monster world— characters meet each other— and some funny confrontations
Overall, it was a pretty fun and easy read. I loved the characters but I was a little confused in the beginning about what exactly was happening. I loved the general world with the Gypsy elements and paranormal just blending for something new fun and just full of crazy monsters! The perfect book for the first day of SPOOKY SEASONNNN
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