This book was so much fun to read! I loved this romance, it was just so much fun, and I had such a great time with these characters! I felt invested in their story, and I just couldn't put it down! I was having too much fun!

I loved the combo of vampires and humour. Plus romance, don't forget that. They came together and worked together so well! The absurdity of vampires, that they actually exist in this world, it's crazy, and to add the humor and the romance, I just really enjoyed that!

This couple were really great to read about. They had chemistry, they had a hilarious happenstance in meeting, and they have all these odds against them. Of course I was rooting for them, for them to work out, no matter how difficult it became!

The way that vampires worked in this world was really interesting, and with the way that things resolved in this book, it'll be interesting to see what things are like in future books, to see if this has had much of an effect on everything. Can't wait to find out!

This was a really great read, and I can't wait to continue the series!

I read 25% in and the book just didn't hold my attention. I liked the different take on vampires but didn't see the attraction between Silver and Logan; they didn't click as a couple for me. And writing just didn't appeal. I've had this book for about 5 years and I have no idea what originally attracted me to it. Clearly, whatever it was didn't last.

This paranormal romance is based in contemporary London. Silver Harris meets a vampire Logan Byrne by accident and after one kiss is hooked. But she is convinced she will never meet him again so joins up with a vampire dating service called V-date. Logan works for an underworld character who told him to dissuade Silver from wanting to use V-date. Logan does not know why but he finds himself disobeying his Boss.

It was unusual to find a character who is described as desirable needing help to find a match. But in today's busy metropolitan lifestyle it is very hard to find someone compatible and not just surface beautiful which is what Silver is looking for.

It was a light sexy read. Logan sounds to die for as a hero in the story. Plenty of misunderstandings and mishaps.

I received a ARC from Netgalley for a honest review.
Good story! Sometimes is a little slow but the ends worth it.
I love vampire books and this is hilarious, I enjoy reading it.

Dating the Undead is the first book in the V-Date.com series by Juliet Lyons. When Silver Harris kisses sexy Irish vampire Logan Byrne on New Year's Eve, she knows other humans just won't suffice. Convinced she'll never see him again, she joins the uber-popular vampire dating site, V-Date.com.What Silver doesn't know is that the site is more dangerous than she could ever imagined, and soon she's in over her head. When Logan returns, sparks fly and attraction sizzles, but they'll have to escape some very real demons if they have any chance of lasting forever.

Dating the Undead is a paranormal romance with a couple fun twists. I liked Silver's spunk, but found the convenience of some of the coincidences that moved the story forward a bit too much. However, the ride was still entertaining. I liked the pairing between Logan and Silver, and their banter. However I found Silver's eagerness to get people in bed a little offputting. I get the idea of a liberated woman, but there is still safety and common sense- which she is lacking much of the time. I liked much of the set up and world building and character interactions. I enjoyed the read and loved some of its parts, but did not love the book as a whole.

Dating the Undead is a fun and exciting romance, with a nice blend of emotional and physical conflicts. It was not amazing, but satisfying for a quick read.

I'm generally a big fan of paranormal romance, but this one was just OK for me. Starting out, I didn't find the heroine to be very relatable so that could have been part of it. My favorite character was actually the quirky old neighbor (I wish we had seen more of her). I don't have much to say about this book. It was paranormal cute with a bit of a "Mafia" vibe.

That being said, I might try the next book in the series. I was definitely intrigued by the vampire cop and I'm hoping a different heroine will make this series a "must read" for me.

I received an advance reader copy of this book that I have chosen to review.

It's hard to rate this book. I enjoy the snark, the humor. But, at the same time, so much of this story lagged and just drug on and on. The flow was too choppy. It was an interesting premise, something I hadn't read a million times before. I thought it was cute, the characters were interesting. If it had flowed better, it would have been a 4 star read. I will most likely pick up the second, as authors learn with each book. So I'm interested in seeing what this series becomes.

Originally Reviewed At: Mother/Gamer/Writer
Rating: 4 out of 5 Controllers
Review Source: NetGalley
Reviewer:Ariel

Oh boy, new series to enjoy! Dating the Undead is the first in the new V-Date.com series from Juliet Lyons, and it was such a treat! Bringing vampires into the modern age with online dating is a brilliant idea that I haven’t seen before, and I am really looking forward to seeing where Lyons takes it from here!

Silver Harris wasn’t looking for love. She was just trying to get home after being kicked out of a club. But after she kisses Logan Byrne, her life will never be quite the same. On top of dealing with her feelings for Logan, an extremely sexy, slightly stalker-ish vampire, she has agreed to help the police spy on vampires using a dating website for people looking to hook up with vampires, v-date.com. Apparently it’s difficult to both date a vampire AND simultaneously spy on his species.

Logan has never been interested in love. So it was no problem for him to fulfill his boss’s request of using V-Date to glamour young women into wanting nothing to do with vampires. But when he meets Silver on New Years’ Eve, things don’t exactly go as planned. He’s never before been so fascinated by one woman, and his growing infatuation with her may make his mission a little more difficult to accomplish.

There is a lot to love about this book. Silver and Logan are both great in their own ways. Silver is probably one of the sassiest leading ladies I’ve had the pleasure of reading about for a while, and I loved every second I got to spend with her. She refuses to take crap from anyone, which I always love in a heroine. On top of that, she is not afraid to take charge when it comes to her life.

Logan was a wonderful tortured soul (because what vampire isn’t tortured?) but he was more than that. He was warm and kind, and wonderfully sarcastic. The banter between him and Silver kept things nice and light. And that Irish accent of his just makes everything so much better! It was nice to see him go from being someone who keeps women at bay to being someone who is falling head over heels.

I do wish there had been a few stronger side characters. Aside from Ollie, Silver’s best friend who we don’t see nearly enough of, Logan’s boss, Ronin, and our main bad guy (who I’ll leave nameless for spoilers’ sake) we don’t get a ton of supporting cast. Silver has a co-worker that she’s friends with, but I’ve forgotten her name to be completely honest. She also has family members, who I didn’t necessarily care about.

Lyons has a terrific writing style, the story flowed seamlessly, never rushing, never lagging, and her characters are vibrant and entertaining. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am looking forward to the next in the series! 4 out of 5 controllers, for lack of strong secondary characters and maybe a few too many lewd jokes.

I fell in love with the cover Dating the Undead as soon as I saw it and that plus pretty much everything else about it made me want to read it! I will confess that I actually started reading it months ago, but it was during one of my picky-no-book-is-satisfying-me moments, so I actually decided to stop reading it and pick it up another time. And now, I wish I could go back in time and shake myself because I should have never stopped reading it in the first place! Dating the Undead was positively excellent and while it didn't work out the first time because I was crazy, the second time was definitely the charm - I completely loved it!

Silver is not your typical sweet, gentle heroine - far from it. She's snarky and bossy and sarcastic and she doesn't let people get close. She doesn't take guff from anyone and she pretty much always speaks her mind. Silver is fierce and once you're in with her, you're in, she's loyal and would fight for you and to be with you. I absolutely loved Silver, I loved her personality and how tough she was, but even that couldn't stop her from caring about and loving Logan - she's the best!

It was impossible not to fall in love with Logan. He's funny and silly and playful. He's almost always teasing and being inappropriate. He's so fun, but he's also sweet and his feelings for Silver are obvious. Logan is one hundred percent in love with her, he's protective and would do anything for her. Logan is just a great guy and totally heart melting.

There were times when Dating the Undead broke my heart and made it ache, but for the most part, I had such a fun time reading it. It made me laugh and smile a lot, I loved watching Silver and Logan's little teasing banter matches - it was just pure and good. Dating the Undead was a sweet, sexy, heartwarming read, I wholeheartedly enjoyed it, and I'm excited to read the next book in the series!

Dating the Undead is a the first book in the V-Date.Com series, it's told from Logan and Silver's POV, and they do get their happily-ever-after.

~ A Hopeless Romantic's Booklandia, 5 Stars

Dating the Undead puts a new twist on the vampire-human romance trope. I mean who would think of vampires using an online dating service? Definitely not me, but it works so well in the story. Logan and Silver are completely adorable and full of witty banter. I devoured this book in just a few hours and it had me laughing almost the entire time. Even though it is the first book in a series, it can be read as a standalone with no cliffhanger. 
I voluntarily received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Silver Harris has had it with men. When she runs into a vampire for the first time, her attraction and his mannerisms makes her think it’s time to try a different kind of man. She decides to try a dating app that sets humans up with vampires. When her first date turns out to be Logan Byrne, her mysterious vampire from a few days before, she can’t deny the attraction.
When I read the description of this book, I thought would be funny. There really weren’t many funny parts to the book, but it was still a pretty good story. Silver’s character was a bit extreme sometimes but Logan was able to offset her. It did take me a little bit to get into but I still enjoyed it. I recommend.

This was both funny and sexy! I enjoyed it a lot and would love to see more stories from this realm.

Thank you to Netgalley, Juliet Lyons and Sourcebooks Casablanca for allowing me to read and review Dating the Undead. I loved it! It was a sassy and funny read with a dollop of intrigue and adventure.

Silver Harris is kicked out of a New Year’s Eve party for throwing her drink over a woman she catches kissing her date and a well-placed kick directed at her date’s unmentionables. While out on the street, she meets a gorgeous man, who walks her home. They get along really well and end up sharing a sizzling midnight kiss to celebrate the New Year.

Silver soon realises that her sexy Irish man is a vampire but she doesn’t mind, even after he bit her, as it was the best kiss of her life.

She tells her step-sister, Jess, the next day about her exciting night. Unfortunately, Silver had no way of contacting her vampire (she didn’t get his name) and had given him a false address when he had walked her home. Jess mentioned that there was a vampire dating website called V-Date so Silver decides to join in the hopes that he is on the site. Silver goes on a few dates with vampires from V-Date but she doesn’t connect with any of them and finds herself incredibly bored.

Meanwhile, the vampire that Silver is besotted with, Logan, has been tasked by his head vampire (boss) to track down human women dating on V-Date. It is imperative that Logan glamour these women to forget about vampires so that they can keep their secrets. Ironically, the first woman Logan is instructed to glamour is Silver but he can’t bring himself to do it as he doesn’t want her to lose interest in him. This could get him in serious trouble with his boss but he thinks Silver is worth it.
At the same time, Silver is contacted by the police as they want her to go undercover on V-Date to obtain information about the vampires that she meets. She decides to do it once they agree to re-investigate her mother’s death which happened when Silver was just 9 years old. The police set up a fake account for Silver and she starts meeting up with vampires in the hopes of extracting their secrets.

Things get a bit tense with Logan ignoring his “boss’s” directive and Silver informing on the vampires to the police. Despite this, they can’t help falling in love. Where will this lead?

To complicate things further, Logan’s original sire appears on the scene. She wants to punish him for not being the murderer that she wanted him to turn into. How will this affect Silver and Logan’s romance?

After reading the blurb for this book, I knew it was going to be an enjoyable, fun read. I like Silver’s feistiness and sense of humour. I appreciated how Logan managed to maintain his humanity after all those years. The author did a great job of writing their romance and developing their characters. This is an appealing read.

This books deserves a fabulous 4 stars.

*Thank you Sourcebooks and Netgalley for providing me with an eARC in exchange for an honest review*

I am a sucker for vampires, let's get that out of the way lol when I read the synopsis for this book and found out it centered around a dating app for vampires, I immediately said yes please!

Now from reading this synopsis I expected there to be insta-love and there most certainly was. I really enjoyed the characters as individuals but I wasn't completely on board with their relationship because of how fast it did move and it also seemed like just sex at times. I thought that both Silver and Logan had some solid foundations for their characters, and I loved hearing about Logans past especially, because that's where our main conflict stems from.

I do have to say I was much more interested in the conflict within this book then the actual relationship, which is a little unfortunate since the fist half of the book is mainly about them getting together and it took me awhile to get through that part of the book. I fell like it picked up a lot for me once Logans past started to catch up to him and that was the part I really enjoyed!

I think that the idea of vampires could have been developed a little more in this book and Silver could have gone a little more in depth about trying to find out more about how they work, because I did enjoy those parts! It would have been nice to learn a little more about how the hierarchy in this vampire world works, also why and how exactly they turn people into vampires, things like that.

Overall I did enjoy the book but thought it could use a little more development throughout.

Reviews by the Wicked Reads Review Team

Kris – ☆☆☆☆
It's been ages since I've read any Urban Fantasy books, but the title and blurb of Dating the Undead drew me in and I wanted to give it a try.

Silver Harris is a single woman and jewelry clerk living in London. She lives in a flat with an old Hollywood film star for a roommate. At a New Year’s party with her boyfriend, she finds him making out with another woman and causes a scene. Being kicked out of the party in a hasty retreat, she bumps into Logan. Vampires are out and proud in London and Silver can’t believe she just bumped into one, not only that, he's HOT! The two spark up a conversation and end the evening with a steamy but mostly chaste kiss. Silver can’t believe she can’t quit thinking about a vampire, and Logan finally feels SOMETHING in his still heart for Silver. Thinking that maybe vampires are the way to date, Silver gets onto a vampire dating site called V-date, but it's really just one vampire that has her real interest.

There's a plot twist in there as Silver has always wondered what happened in the mysterious disappearance of her mother many years ago and finds it could be vampire related. There's a good amount of suspense and action that kept the book rolling really well. I enjoyed the story and the snarky heroine, Silver. Logan and Silver had some pretty good steam and the ending was a good one. Really enjoyed the premise!


Erica – ☆☆☆
3.5 stars

Juliet Lyons is a new-to-me author.

Dating the Undead was an enjoyable, humorous, quick read. It was the perfect way to find a slice of entertainment for a few hours and uplift my mood. I'm not a fan of humorous books, to be honest, but this was written in a way that it felt natural instead of the slapstick, over-the-top, forced comedy that has me shying away from most books with a humor tag. Lyons did an excellent job with the levity, changing my mind on giving other books a chance that include humor.

Silver was a fun character, modern and independent, but just as insecure as she is confident, making it easy for most women to identify with her. She didn't take herself too seriously, just rolling with it. After having a horrible time dating humans, she creates a profile on a vampire/human dating app, wanting to give the vampers a try after meeting Logan on the street outside of a party.

I loved the beginning of Dating the Undead, as Silver was going on dates with the vamps – it was a hilarious adventure. Truthfully, I would have loved more of this to be honest.

Logan was also a great character – our vamp. Sexy, patient, borderline stalking, Logan was a yummy, humorous addition to the novel. The pair were steamy together with a ton of banter volleying back and forth.

The vampire culture and world-building were interesting and unique, but I wished I had just a bit more of it. Maybe it's because it's the first in the series, and the author wishes to expand it slowly over the course of the series. But I need a bit more to connect with the characters and the paranormal culture.

What didn't work for me: around the halfway mark, when Silver and Logan were together, the pacing started to drag and my interest waned. The cop story didn't fit whatsoever, and it seemed thrown in there, causing me to feel distracted and disinterested in the thread of storyline.

I highly recommend to fans of paranormal romance who love a twist of humor with their fangy between-the-sheets action.

I was really drawn to this book and the supernatural element. But, I ended up finding it too distracting from the story and it felt like the "vampire" element became more important to the story than the romance, which made this a book that I ended up skimming. While I did finish the title, I have chosen not to review as my rating will be under a 3, which is not fair to the title or author as I did skim.

I appreciate the opportunity.

Laura

DATING THE UNDEAD introduces a world where vampires are “out” and don’t need blood to survive. It’s also a world where vampires need a website to find dates though, which is a bit strange.

The vampire mythology was interesting: the elder vampires cannot be killed - even decapitation is only temporary! - but the vampires are much more like traditional vamps with weaknesses. Learning about these weaknesses is why Silver, and the London Police Department start spying on vampires using the V-Dates.com website. Silver

Silver and Logan are hot together, and their romance goes through many typical PNR tropes: keeping secrets, trying to stay apart to protect each other, scorching hot sex. But I was also super confused as to why they like each other. Their meeting was pretty random, and apart from the fact that they “can’t stop thinking about each other”, I never felt like they had that much in common.

DATING THE UNDEAD is a book with really sexy love scenes and a few surprises that kept things interesting, but it failed to be either super corny or super dark. It was constantly toeing the line which left it a bit bland. Not bad, but bland.

Well this was a fun read by an author I have never picked up before. What really attracted me to this book/series was the premise of the book. Vampire online dating!!! It has to be super hilarious having all these old and ancient vampires navigating the world of the world wide web. I mean think of it this way– how hard is it to teach your parents to use a cell phone and they are about 20-30 years younger than YOU. Now apply this to ancient vamps.

Now the story didn’t go the way I have anticipated but Logan Byrne was sexy as hell with his Irish accent (probably would be best to experience in audiobook). Who really steals the show is Silver Harris as the girl doesn’t STOP! There is entirely too much spunk in her. Being in the world of Vampires I’m surprised she didn’t inadvertently piss of a vamp and get herself killed. However all is well when you got Logan protecting you. And protecting he does as Logan’s past catches up to him that puts both of them in danger. Also doesn’t help that Silver is actively looking for trouble by signing up for the online dating website for personal motives.

However, some of the parts of the book were a bit rushed through as far as explanations especially towards the end. The book took a while to develop through at a steady pace and then all the resolutions and answers were done with and over in the last 10-15%. I enjoyed the quirky writing and characters enough to stick it out for the next book. It was a REALLY good 10-15% that is making me stay for Romancing The Undead.

A fantastic vampire romance. Not at all what I expected having read the "typical" vampire romances. It was fun, with a great story and steamy love scenes. Usually the Vampires in romances are broody, moody and overbearing, but not in this story. It doesn't take itself too seriously and the character are witty and hilarious without being cheesy. A great start to a new series!

Dating the Undead is a fun start to a new series by Juliet Lyons. Lots of sass, romance, and sexy time that steams up the pages. I loved the fresh take on the vampire world. Sign me up for V-Date!

*ARC provided by NetGalley for an honest review.