Rachel Harrison did it again!! A delightful vampire filled story that had a road trip, just enough blood, and explored the importance of long term female friendships. I love the metaphors that Rachel Harrison is able to weave into her horror and the way her characters make me nostalgic for New Jersey.

I'm a huge fan of Rachel Harrison's and I really enjoyed this one! The book was fun and was perfect for spooky season!

Love the feminist perspective on vampires; this book is much more than a horror story - it's about female friendships.

Thank you, NetGalley and Berkley Pub, for the complementary book! All opinions are my own.

Oh my goodness this book was actual and literal perfection! Once I started, I just could not stop. I loved every single minute of this hilarious and spooky story!

Thanks to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for an advanced readers copy of this book.

Very Thelma. Very Louise.
But make it... vampires.

Rachel Harrison has a way with making fantasy horror feel very real. I was completely sucked in (ha! pun intended!) from the very beginning, building instant connections with the characters as we went. The dread and gloom of Sloane's fear of aging and refusal to look the reality of her life in the face, weighed very heavy.

Once the story takes a turn to the darkness, I couldn't stop internally screaming for her to just "LET GO AND ENJOY THIS RIDE". I understood her mistrust and concerns, but geeze girl, get it together!

This book is a wild trip. You'll just have to read it for yourselves. (Pro tip: Greta Van Fleet's "Highway Song" pairs excellently with chapter 34.)

Trigger warnings: cheating, self-pitying FMC.

📚Trope(s): Best Friends, Ancient and Broody Vampires
What you get: 💀🫦🧛🏻‍♂️🌛🩸
⭐️Plot: 4/5
🔥Chemistry: 3/5
🌶️Spice: 1/5

Loooooved this book! This was such a fun start to my spooky season reading. Rachel Harrison just knows how to entertain. She has clinched her spot as one of my auto-buy authors. My only suggestion would’ve been to not rush the ending. I think it could’ve been fleshed out a bit more and it would’ve been more satisfying. But I loved every second I spent in this book. So maybe I just didn’t want it to end???

I had fun with this book. Not my favorite ever, but a good time. The MC gets dragged to a party by a friend, and knows she’s going to end up saying I told you so, but had no idea just how bad it would be.

I’m a pretty big fan of this author, but I gotta say I thought this one was just fine. If you want a girl power feminist vampire story this is a fun one… but I think it was lacking a little plot. That being said, I love her writing style and I thought these characters were very fun. It’s a little gory, but it is a vampire book after all!

Perfect for spooky season, So Thirsty is a paranormal thriller with vampires, creepy & atmospheric cottages in upstate NY and mysterious strangers.

It kills me to say this, because I typically love Harrison’s writing style, but this was a let down for me. It just didn’t pull me in the same way her other books have. I found myself really distracted with the toxic relationship between the two main characters who were supposed to be best-friends. My god, they were awful to each other!

So.. my feelings aside, I would NOT say to stay away from this one. I did give it 3 stars (which means I didn’t totally hate it) and I can definitely see some people really enjoying it. I’d say this one is worth a shot!!

Not what I was expecting for a horror/ supernatural fiction book, but this one was my first book by this author.

It opens with 2 very different friends, one fun and adventurous (Naomi) , and the other insecure and almost scared of showing who she really was(Sloan).

They are going to a weekend birthday retreat for Sloan, who is turning 37 and is very unhappy with what she sees in the mirror.

When Naomi plans a crazy night out with some guys, and something escapes, they turn them into vampires. This is in the synopsis, not a spoiler.

One of them chooses to do it, to save the other, but then proceeds to cry and moan about somebody doing this to them.

Sloan is unbearable, insufferable, always thinking yes I want to do that, but the word that comes out her mouth is no…

She complains and complains about stuff she can’t change, and leaves her crazy friend to go do stuff while she is contemplating life’s choices.

The middle of the book got really slow, with scenes and events that lead to nowhere.

This is the kind of book that I call the “now what?” Because once you get to the synopsis part… there is no goal, no end game. No trying to survive, no real purpose, so they wander.

Then, at the end, it seemed like it was going somewhere but no, just a whole lot of wandering and characters reactions to where they were.

The vampire characters I felt like they were not developed enough, I had no idea who they were and the little we learned wasn’t enough to understand them.

The friendship between Sloan and Naomi was almost toxic, lots of secrets and overall seemed like they used to know each other but not anymore. It didn’t look like a real friendship.

It dragged, I got bored and it never got better.

I gave it not less than 3 stars because the writing was great, I just didn’t like the characters or relationships.

the audiobook and narrator is amazing!

Unfortunately, the story wasn’t for me, but I’m happy to see that a lot of people enjoyed it.

No horror, little paranormal, the vampires seemed nice, not scary. I think they were the most “sane” in this book.

Thanks to Libro.fm and Penguin Random House for providing this ALC.

Yes, I read it in a day.

Thank you, @berkleypub, for my gifted copy!

Quick and Dirty
-perfect for Fall reading
-best friend story
-open door romance, 🌶️🌶️/5 spice level
-funny AF

Thoughts
I loved this so much that I binge-read it in one day, which I rarely do. There’s just something about Harrison’s writing that grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let up. Her characters are so fully formed that you feel like you know them, understand them, and could be them. Her razor-sharp wit, combined with her effortless tension-building, make for a super fun read every time. In this case, her friendship story had me ready to drive across the country to see mine. (I flew instead 😂) Harrison’s latest is HIGHLY feminist and full of VERY relatable relationships, aging, and being female. It’s perfect for anyone who needs an escape this scary season but wants some fun, a few unexpected twists, lots of gore, and a splash of spice.

So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison is a captivating exploration of obsession and desire set against a backdrop of supernatural intrigue. The narrative follows a woman whose quest for connection leads her to a mysterious and enchanting figure, blurring the lines between reality and fantasy. Harrison's sharp writing and rich characterizations immerse readers in a world where longing and thirst take on darker meanings. With its blend of humor and horror, this novel is both thought-provoking and entertaining, making it a standout in the genre.

I loved this! This was the perfect thing for me to read for the summer to autumn season change. I just finished reading something very heavy, so this Thelma and Louise with vampires story was very refreshing. It doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but it was a such a fun time. This is my first Rachel Harrison and it won’t be my last! Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this for review!

3.5. Not my favorite Rachel Harrison, but it’s an engagingly wild ride. I loved the thread of friendship and feminism woven throughout but found Naomi annoying—especially at the beginning—despite her redeeming qualities. I also wish both her and Sloane had more depth to them (they seemed caricature-esque). Also, the epilogue?

Another creepy, good, funny book from one of my favorite authors. How do you write a book that makes the reader love and feel empathy for vampires? Rachel Harrison knows!

Rachel Harrison has become an auto-read author for me and this one did 👏 not 👏 disappoint👏!!! Her brand of horror is so fun and campy while simultaneously being loudly feminist. I loved all the jersey girl references and found something oddly nostalgic in this vampire novel. The perfect kickoff to spooky season reads! Thank you to both NetGalley and Libro.fm for the ARC/ALC!!!

So Thirsty was a different foray into vampires, and I won't lie, it left me wanting more. I felt like the start of the story had so much potential, but there were parts that felt rushed, or not fully formed in terms of the plot. And while I'm not squeamish when it comes to horror stories, for some reason, I found myself a bit queasy at a few parts. The ending was good, and made up for the story, but this was one that I felt like so much more could have been done with the plot.

Overall, it was good. It kept my attention, I didn't want to give up on it, and thought the ending tied the story together.

Thank you Berkley Publishing and NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.
3.5/5 stars

Nonstop fun. Sloane is surprised with a getaway for her birthday by her husband and best friend Naomi. The twist - it’s just for her and Naomi (which triggers Sloane’s misgivings about her husband cheating). When they arrive at their rental, she realizes this isn’t going to be a cozy weekend, but rather a bacchanal that Naomi orchestrates with attractive yet odd strangers. The weekend turns out to be life altering for them both. But how? I could not put this down, a fast and fun read. The only downfall was I never got too invested in Sloane or Naomi and I can’t exactly pinpoint why that is.

Such a great Vampire book! Loved the themes of friendship and found family as well as aging as a woman. This was a quick read for me and I loved how fast paced it was. I will for sure be recommending to my horror readers this spooky season. Thank you so much for the opportunity to read.

Thanks NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for this arc

2/5 stars

This started out pretty good, with the friendship between Sloane and Naomi being the highlight of the book, but oh man did it go downhill. I ended up hating these characters, the romance, the lack of plot, the decline in Sloane and Naomi's friendships and honestly personalities after the party, this was just so not for me.

So Thirsty was a quick fast paced read that was wild from beginning to end. We have two friends that are getting together for a weekend getaway/girls trip and while on this trip they encounter some strangers and after that it's a wild ride.

I loved the concept of this book, the characters (even though they did annoy me quite a bit), and the female friendships we see. This was a bit far fetched and was off the wall crazy but I went into it knowing that and I just had a lot of fun reading it.

I don't want to dive to deep into this book because you should go into it blind. I really did find this super enjoyable! It would be the perfect spooky book for spooky season!