Title: ⟫ Nyte Author: ⟫ Hellie Heat
Blurb: ⟫ Humanity is lost.
Noxious gases blot out the sun, drowning the world in eternal night—vampyres hold dominion. Humans are livestock.
But not all humans heel without a fight.
Cypress is a vampyre killer. Born into slavery, he escaped to become a hunter for the human liberation movement known as the Veritas.
But his worst fears are realized when, after a horrific raid of the Veritas camp, he is captured again. After putting all efforts toward escaping, he encounters the one thing he couldn’t have expected...a vampyre who challenges all his notions of what it means to be human.
Haven Bathory is beautiful, but more than that.
His cherubic face hides dark secrets, a past that leaves him scarred behind his carefully crafted mask.
Something about the young vampyre’s damaged soul calls to Cy, and he’s powerless not to answer.
As betrayal runs rampant, Cy must choose where his allegiance lies.
But can he ever truly trust a vampyre? And can he trust his own heart, when it’s so desperate to lead him astray?
Reader Warnings: This book contains content that could be triggering to some readers. Dark themes in this series include graphic depictions of violence, torture, human trafficking, sexual assault and depictions of rape/non-consensual sexual situations as well as child abuse and mentioned child sexual abuse.
Nyte is a MXM (LBGTQ+) romance/horror that contains very sexy scenes between two men. It is the first in a three-book series. The story will continue in books 2 and 3 and must be read in order. The series as a whole will have an HEA.
Review: ⟫ The way I felt about this one was all me – I just didn’t connect with it. At all.
Thorn Bathory was a parody of a villain, practically twirling his moustache as he monologues.
I couldn’t believe that Cypress was this completely amazing vampyre slayer, a trusted member of Veritas, when he was literally in the Pet’s living quarters for one night and he was spilling ALL of the resistance’s secrets. Completely voluntarily, no interrogation – just because he felt that the person(s) he speaking to were nice.
The link between Cypress and Haven felt tenuous. Haven seemed attached to Cypress because of how much he resembled someone from his past. He didn’t seem to make much effort to get to know the real Cypress which is why I couldn’t understand where the love came from.
And Cypress’s feelings towards Haven – where did they come from? I mean, okay, Haven was pretty, but so what? And his desire to restrain himself from drinking surely made him more of a danger? Which seemed to go against everything he claimed to want.
The world-building was interesting, as was the background information regarding the HU.
But the whole situation between Gaius and Thorne felt contrived, and Tepes came across as such a caricature. And what exactly were Sirene’s motivations?
As I said, the way I felt about this book was all on me. I would imagine it would really appeal to people who are looking for a whole new world of vampyres and fighting, but it just left me cold.
I received an ARC from GRR.
