Bite Me, Your Grace

by Brooklyn Ann

• ISBN10: 1402274467
• ISBN13: 9781402274466
• Publish Date: 2 April 2013 (first published 1 January 2013)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Sourcebooks Casablanca
• Format: eBook
• Pages: 352
• Language: English

Reviews

[Angie]

Bite Me, Your Grace is a delightful read about two people who don't quite fit into polite London society. Angelica just wants to write. She wants to be the next big name in gothic fiction, but her mother is determined to marry her off to a titled man in order to obtain her own inheritance. Angelica is not at all happy with this plan, so she's set to ruin herself! Too bad that duke Ian Ashton is quite taken with her eccentricities, and asks for her hand. Taking a bride may also help deflect the rumors that he's a vampire. Which is he.

I thought Bite Me, Your Grace was really cute. I love unconventional heroines and vampires! Angelica just wants to be able to support herself with her writing and has no need of a man. She tries everything to get Ian to call off their engagement, but he thinks she's just afraid of him and he seeks to ease her fears! There is a lot of miscommunication between these two! So frustrating! Like, just talk to each other! They both develop feelings, but think the other doesn't have feelings! Admit your love! They totally misinterpret the other's intentions until things happen!

Aside from the romance, there is a vampire hunter plot! Dr. John Polidori wrote The Vampyre, which has been accredited to Lord Byron. Well, John wrote it as a metaphor about how Lord Byron uses people and broke his heart. But everyone thinks it's about Ian! Needless to say Ian is not pleased and wishes to be rid of John, but John's vampire lover has a plan! Hire a vampire slayer to kill Ian! Dun dun dun! This side plot was kind of fun, but I don't think it was developed enough. It just popped up occasionally and that was that.

Bite Me, Your Grace was a fun, quick read. It didn't quite wow me, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. I loved how London was completely obsessed with vampires, but didn't fully believe in them, but it still caused problems for their resident vamp. Except for, of course, Angelica who is obsessed with all things macabre. They were a perfect match!

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[stacey_is_sassy]

**3.5 stars**

Bite Me, Your Grace was an interesting tale about a modern thinking woman named Angelica who is an author in a time when women weren't encouraged to use their intelligence. Angelica's love of writing got her into a lot of trouble with her mother, as she wants her daughter to make an advantageous match. One of the scrapes Angelica gets into, brings her to the attention of Ian, the Duke of Bunrath also known as the London's Lord of Vampires.

This story was quite entertaining. Ian has a very serious role as leader of his brethren and one of them is to protect the secret of their existence. Rumours were going around the town that Ian is a vampire. Angelica at first thought it was a great story and decides to investigate Ian's home to find clues. Angelica thinks she will find ghosts, but when she finds out that there is some truth behind it she is intrigued.

Things go from bad to worse with both of their reputations in tatters, so the couple decide to marry. Angelica and Ian struggle with their feelings for each other. Most of their troubles stem from a lack of communication.

I do admit to struggling in the first half of the story. There were multiple stories playing out which distracted me from the main plot. I was also not a fan of Angelica's mother or Grandfather. What her mother did should not have been quickly skimmed over and Angelica's reactions were not true to the character she had portrayed up to that point. I also don't like the way it is left unclear whether feeding is an intimate act. It is implied that the couple feel intimacy when Ian feeds from Angelica, but we don't know what he feels when feeding from others. He states from the beginning that feeding from her is not enough and he will have to feed from others as well. This reduced my enjoyment because at least once per night he would have his lips on someone else.

Overall, I liked this story but felt some things needed to be described better. This was my first read by this author and I will probably read more of her work in the future.

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