Per Sanguinem

This one is a little hard to review. The writing is great - I really enjoy Drewek's characterizations and dialogue. However, some of the plot choices are kind of out of left field and took me out of the book.

My major hang up is the marriage chapter. It felt completely random and unnecessary. Personally, I don't care for marriage in books or real life so it might just be a me problem - but it's just obnoxious when it's between two characters that barely know each other. Insta-love is one thing but actually getting married makes no sense to me. I guess in a book where one is literally willing to die for the other in order to live together forever after LESS THAN 6 MONTHS, marriage is nothing.

Drewek also does a good job of making me hate just about every OC in this book, besides Aubrey. The dad's a dick, the best friend/ex-boyfriend is a dick, cops are dicks, lawyers are even worse, the city is a shithole, etc. It's a pretty cynical book but I guess that makes the love between the two MCs feel more... more? Not sure.
As Drewek states in the intro, she's not anti-law enforcement and was directly involved with it in real life, so the realism in the book is pretty tangible. But this doesn't make me any more pro-blue if this is how a major precinct in Chicago is run. The book focuses mostly on the detective division but very little work is actually done, especially after the MCs go on leave to deal with their outside vampire issue. They also have some of the worst oversight with two of their major lawyers basically fucking up any of the officer's abilities to do their jobs with bogus complaints, law suits, and poor law representation. It's amazing this entire precinct isn't under some investigation.

Overall, I was entertained while reading but about 3rd of the book could have been left out. I'm not sure I'll continue with the series if the next one is just as long.