I understand this is a prequel to L&L, but that had me in, like STRAIGHT away.. this one isn't grabbing as much..

Because of The Gilda Stories, most of the books I read have vampires. I love the lore but I'm neither here nor there when it comes to vamp morality. I'm all for Kidan's hatred for them in this story tho and am finding that I hate the vamps of this universe too lol. Question: Are we supposed to be rooting for Kidan and Susenyos to have some ETL arc because I'm not getting that vibe at all. I get that Susenyos is horny but like, it's for blood, not Kidan specifically. Edit: If I don't see authors of color in your reading lists I shan't engage. Thank you for your time.

I read this book in Feb and I haven't stopped thinking about it. I think it may be perfect.

Let me know what your favorites are from this and I will add more volumes to the collection! So far my favorite is Kuma Kuma Kuma & Sword Art Online!

This budding desire/intimacy between Kidan and Susenyos is realllly rubbing me the wrong way, he’s hundreds of years old and I picture him as an older man 😭 seriously hoping this isn’t an enemies to lovers situation

This is definitely a fantasy Dark Academia - more world building at the beginning than I typically expect from the genre and things are a little slow, but I'm finally getting used to the writing style. Still not sure if I'm totally into it, I don't feel hooked yet, but I'm loving how this is a Dark Academia that centers Black students and African culture / lore. Very cool take on this usually very euro-centric genre