I received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I always feel bad leaving subpar reviews since I realize that writing a book is not an easy feat, but this book was really hard to get through. Fortunately it was a short read. Yet, I still had to force myself to keep reading multiple times. In its favor, it did get better, but I still did not enjoy this book overall.

The beginning was quite boring and odd. I really did not enjoy it. Some parts of the book were way too detailed while others seemed to breeze over what required more time to explain. Thus, the pacing of the book was not good and made it feel a weird combination of choppy and rushed.

The story itself did get better and more intriguing, but the writing was just way too inconsistent for me. Much of the writing was just plain bad, though some parts were certainly enjoyable, but it was just seemed to jump back and forth and unfortunately, felt pretty untolerable overall.

Additionally, the writing and dialogue of the characters really did not seem to fit the time frame, which annoyed me. The characters also felt pretty static and I can honestly say I did not care for any of them. They were much too boring to develop any attachment.

The story just feel a little flat to be honest.

Thank God this book was only 200-something pages only, because otherwise I would've probably dropped it.

The beautiful cover of this book drew me in the first time, and the promising reviews just fueled my excitement to finally get to this book. Compared to that, it was a huge letdown. This story had a lot of potential: demons vs vampires waging a war, an older heroine (a widow, on top of that), no mushy romances. However, the author falls into one of the typical traps of new authors, which is the inability to show instead of telling. This book felt more like a history book to me rather than a novel, it had very few dialogues and way too much telling, not to mention the pages long descriptions of clothing, rooms, places, whatsoever. That's boring; surely it can appeal to some people, but it's certainly not my cup of tea. I do have to admit, though, that the author's writing style is simply beautiful, close to purple prose but not quite reaching that.

The characters didn't feel real to me, I couldn't get attached to either of them; I couldn't really feel their differences, their uniqueness, none of them stood out for me. The story itself was also awfully predictable and the end of the book was just the cherry on top. I'm still contemplating whether to read the second book because I was certainly not very impressed with this one.

This cover is so gorgeous! This is a vampire tale full of revenge and politics but without the romance stigma most vampire stories have. I found the beginning slow but it picked up quickly giving the gothic tale room for growth in the next book but I never lost interest.

Neva is a victim of being in the wrong place at the wrong time when she catches the eye of a Lord. Rose, who is infatuated with the Lord, decides she doesn't want him giving his attention to anyone else and puts a spell on Neva.

Neva is transformed into a reincarnated Lady and finds herself learning of a vampire world that she never thought existed and learning the politics of their kind. Twists and turns ensue and Neva has to figure out how she is going to survive in this cutthroat world.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me an ecopy in exchange for a fair and honest review.

The cover was very alluring and I always enjoy a vampire tale so I was looking forward to reading this. The first couple of chapters were confusing and disjointed. I couldn't work out the time line and there was so much descriptiveness that I lost the story to it. I was tempted to stop reading and would have if this was a book borrowed from the library.

I stuck it out and once there was dialogue it flowed better and the story started to come through. It just always felt like someone else could have written it better. I felt the author was trying to be clever with their wording and everything was over written. Descriptions went on too long and I found myself skimming over a lot of the book. I was searching for the story behind all the unnecessary words. Some more editing would improve this so much.

I applaud the author for writing a finished novel and I believe there are more in the series. I'm sorry to say I won't be reading the others. It had the promise of a good tale, but I felt the author was trying to cover too much. The portals, the time travel, the demons and vampires. And then Van Helsing appears! Redraft, simplify and dump the reflections. This is my humble opinion on improving this novel.

This book was an interesting and fun read! Some parts predictable, but not all of it! I can't wait to read the next one!

I received a copy through Netgalley for a review. I was drawn to the cover originally; its gorgeous! The book was a good read; I am not fan of the writing style but that is just me. The story was good, a bit slow to start, but improves as it goes along and anyone who loves the vampire genre will enjoy it.

My review for this is going to be very short because it was a DNF (did not finish). There was so much inner monologue that it left me with no desire to continue to read the book. Also there was so much vagueness. I understand the author was trying to get you engaged, show mystery and give you a backstory that would make you want to keep reading but I couldn't do it. *shrugs*

Initially I chose this book as the cover drew me in, after reading the blurb I thought I would enjoy it. It took me a few chapters to get into the story however - I found that the story jumped around a bit at first, past and present intermixing yet as you read on it makes more sense. The story revolves around the “heroine” of the book Neva who is a reincarnation of a vampire who is then re-turned back into a vampire. Overall I quite enjoyed the story and it leaves a huge cliff hanger after a few plot twists which makes you want to read on. I would recommended the book to people who enjoy a vampire story and will be reading the next in the series.

This was definitely at first a total cover grab as I was scrolling, but than I read the synposis and my interest was peaked! So I'm a sucker still to this day for vampires, its such a guilty pleasure for me. 

Review:
Star Rating~ 4 stars

This story was interesting new story about vampires with what is seeming to be a interesting refreshing new back story for the vampires creation. Neva was a likeable main character and I loved Thedryk. It included great plot twists and the villian in this story is more of a morally grey villain which I just look to see done and can't wait to see how it plays out for the characters!

My biggest issue for this book was the beginning, it was kinda bouncing back and forth for a bit (present/past mixing) without giving good hints of it. It confused me quite a bit for awhile and made me nervous that I wasn't going to enjoy the book, but as you move forward in the story her writing grew and it flowed so nicely. 

I will definitely be following the series and the authors growth and highly recommend checking it out if you love vampires or a great fantasy!

I received a copy through NetGalley for review.
3.5 stars.

Don't let the title fool you, it's no fairytale. Although the title plays off the early more vampiric versions of Snow White.
Neva, regular working woman captures the eye of the local lord, her life changes forever.
Rose his former lover, spurned by her jealousy makes a deal with a devil, to eliminate the competition.
She had no way of knowing that she would never see her family again as she rode away in that carriage.
Lovely gothic imagery of vampires, and dark castles. Neva finds out that vampires are nothing like the stories she's been told her entire life, that they are a refined society, forbidden from feeding on humans, surviving on the blood of livestock.
And that she had more in common with the vampires she suddenly finds herself surrounded with than her human family. And that she is an intrinsic piece to their futures and an upcoming war. That she could be the one to decided it all. If she chooses to.

Overall I enjoyed this one, there were a few issues I had with plot transitioning and character development I wish more time was spend on Neva as she adapted to her new surroundings. But the descriptions of the surroundings, towns and villages were fantastic. Also it's very low on romance, so you can skip a weird broody vampire love connection that we so often get in this genre. No insta love here! Which was honestly refreshing.

Really didn't like this book. The beginning was really weird and the writings was not my favorite. I like some vampire books but this was not one of them.

This is unlike any vampire story I have read before. There are lots of characters and plot twists. The ending is not really an ending and leaves you wanting to know what happens next.

A good and easy read with a compelling and different take on vampirism. I wish there was more world-building as I feel we literally jumped into this story head on with no real explanation of the past or how the characters all got there, but none-the-less, it was an enjoyable read.