House of Crimson Kisses

Where on earth do I start?!

Book 1 ended on a whopper of a cliffhanger. Octavia - the vampire love interest - had just erased a whole whack of Red's memories - the human hunter who just also happens to be her lover.

Of course, no good ever came from hiding things, even when it's been done because the person begged you to.

While the spice content in this book is off the charts, and nothing is left for you to guess (believe me, by the end of book 3 I expect to be fully blown lesbian), it truly is the story and the desperate emotional pain at the heart of the two main characters, that drives everything.

Octavia wants to be seen, to be accepted and to be loved, not to be seen as a monster.

Red wants honesty, safety for everyone she cares about, and to be secure, not to be turned into a monster.

Both of them hold secrets that will only tear them apart, that will only confirm their deepest fears.

And of course, there's the even darker secret at the heart of the kingdom that threatens to destroy their entire world.

But how can they hope to overcome that if they can't overcome their own sins?

If you want saucy, if you want spicy, if you want dark, treacherous and dangerous with incredibly painful emotional stakes, then this is the book you need!

I received an Advance Reader Copy - this is my honest review.