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House of Vampires Review: Four Bachelors and One Very Strange Will | The YA Shelf

House of Vampires Review: Four Bachelors and One Very Strange Will

Nineteen-year-old Lorena Quinn inherits a fortune with hostile fine print: live in a mansion with four vampires and fulfill a world-saving prophecy by choosing one of them. The book wastes no time pretending this is a normal estate matter.

The shared-house setup is shamelessly efficient, moving from suspicious brother to romantic complication at pulp speed. It is very easy to keep turning pages.

A Prophecy Built Like a Dating Show

Lorena often reads younger than nineteen while the reproductive stakes are aggressively adult. The prophecy pushes intimacy before any relationship has enough texture, and the brothers initially feel more like options than people.

The Verdict

House of Vampires earns 3.0 out of 5. The shared-house setup is shamelessly efficient, moving from suspicious brother to romantic complication at pulp speed. Lorena often reads younger than nineteen while the reproductive stakes are aggressively adult.

Tropes

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An inheritance puts Lorena in a mansion with four sons of Vlad and a prophecy that expects her to choose one.

Who should read this: Adult paranormal-romance readers who enjoy outrageous premises and rapid twists more than subtle characterization.

Paranormal RomanceVampires
Author
Samantha Snow
Series
Lorena Quinn #1
Published
2017
Rating
♥♥♥♡♡ 3.0/5
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