Thank you to PRH, Berkley, and PRH audio for the review copies and invite to a book tour.
“We Love the Nightlife” is a wild, disco-infused romp—no other word captures the essence quite like "romp"—through a chaotic and entertaining story of female vampires navigating the messiness of an increasingly toxic friendship. While it marks a departure from “Stone Cold Fox,” Koller Croft’s signature style and flair remain intact. She masterfully crafts the slippery tension of a female friendship on the brink of implosion, leaving the reader eagerly anticipating the fallout. With layered themes of revenge and cat-and-mouse suspense, Croft keeps the plot pulsing with energy, making this a story you won't want to put down.

After her amazing debut, I was so excited to read Rachel’s new book! The way it starts with the first sentence: “I should have known the party was over when she casually suggested killing my husband back in 1981.” I knew this was going to be a fun book! I love how Rachel makes you laugh and have fun while reading thrillers! Like throwing in a Spice Girls lyric to describe a character 🙌🏼 All of the characters are witty and relatable and developed so perfectly, even the ones with not a huge role, I find myself being invested in them! Vampires are everywhere this year in publishing and I felt like this was such a different take on the trend! Making vampires who are into disco music, dancing, and of course have an incinerator in their house.. 🤣 There were some superb twists that I never would have guessed and added so much to the book! Highly recommend this one for all book lovers! It’s a great time in a book!

4.5 stars.

This is everything I loved about Louis and Lestat in Anne Rice's "Interview with the Vampire," but make the story women vampires in present-day London.

That reveal at the end was totally unexpected, but a fantastic way to wrap up this story about love and rejection.

This book was such a good read, I'm going to go read "Stone Cold Fox" now.

This book is perfect for those who love Anne Rice and want to reminisce and feel those vibes of the bond between two vampires.

The full review is up at Perfectionistwannabe.com.

Phew. That ending was wild and this whole book honestly was wild. My expectation for what this book was when I started and at the end were completely different and now I kind of feel like I should re-read it with my eyes open. It felt like a slow burn at first and then it really ramped up at the end with the tension. I'll be honest I could not understand what the hype was about at first; it seemed like just a party girl novel but with a vampire twist. But it was gory and a creepy and the second half got it's hooks in me.

What a fun spin on a thriller (because vampires always are a winner right?!) that I enjoyed!

I liked this just fine. Amber and Nicola are vampires and Amber has steadily gotten more aware of how toxic their friendship is and more tired of the way Nicola controls her. (Nicola is her maker). Then there is this last straw moment that pushes Amber to finally figure out a way to get away from Nicola for good. She has a plan and is going to execute it, hopefully, she survives, but either way, she'll be free.

We get alternate timelines and POVs between Amber and Nicola, Nicola's is in the past, and we are learning how she met Amber and how she was eventually turned. We focused mostly on Amber, which was good because I disliked Nicola and how she trapped the people she called friends into her life. The beginning I felt was slower, it did start to pick up towards the middle. I did enjoy the ending where we get to see the showdown between the friends and how that all played out.
There were some great twists that I didn't see coming, and I liked the side characters quite a bit.
While this didn't 100 % work for me, I found the plot unique and will read other books by this author in the future.

We Love The Nightlife was SO BLOODY FUN.
A light vampire thriller with a heavy dose of toxic female friendships and a cat-and-mouse storyline. What’s not to love? It’s a fresh take on vampires against the glamorous backdrop of the London club scene. From the dancing, music, fashion, and of course, vampire drama, I had a blast with this!

I love a dual POV and timeline thriller so this did not disappoint. Bonus points to the author for writing a character (Nicola) who is awful but I still sometimes found myself rooting for.
Amber was my FAVORITE but there are some amazing side characters here in Roddy, Courtenay and Jonathan.

The twist near the end SHOCKED me!
I’m also going to need to read Stone Cold Fox ASAP.
This should definitely be on your fall TBR!

We Love the Nightlife is a contemporary paranormal fiction novel about a female vampire desperate to escape her “maker” after over forty years of deadly control.

When twenty-three-year-old Amber met the glamorous Nicola in a disco in 1979, she was new to London, bored in her marriage, and stunning on the dance floor. Nicola had to keep her at any cost, even if it meant asking her new best friend to give up her human life for the eternal beauty of being a vampire. But over forty years later, Amber feels increasingly manipulated and betrayed by her maker and wants to be free. But can she stay one step ahead of Nicola?

We Love the Nightlife is an exciting and glamorous novel about two women who were once the best of friends but slowly dissolve into a toxic relationship. Despite the drama of wealth, blood, and the endless party, at its core, this is a novel about freedom and living life on your own terms, even if it means leaving someone you love.

** spoiler alert ** Am I the only one who thought/hoped Jonathan would lock them both in the study in the last paragraphs? That could be a perfect ending, in my opinion.
I truly enjoyed this book - vampire romps are rarely this self-aware. The narration from the two (three?) points of view was perfect, and the gradual reveal of the twists was creative and made for good pacing.
Koller Croft did a great job with the atmosphere, adding the music and history to it skillfully.

My only confusion is with Nicola's apocalyptic comments that never went anywhere? I feel like a chapter was cut there.

Thank you, NetGalley and the publisher, for the early reader's copy in exchange for my honest review.

1970s London and vampires? Yes please! 😍 We Love the Nightlife was a slow burn but soooo worth it. I found this to be such a fun read and can’t wait to read more from this author. If you like vampires, disco dancing, toxic friendships, and horror-y drama, make sure to put this on your TBR. Many thanks to Berkley for my eARC. We Love the Nightlife is available today.

In 1979, Amber just wants to go to clubs and dance to disco music. When she meets Nicola, she promises Amber an all-night party, for the rest of her life. The only catch, she’d have to become a vampire.

I fell in love with the cover of this book, so when Berkley asked if I wanted to join this blog tour, I signed right up. I’m so glad I did because this was such a well written vampire story that I totally sunk my teeth into. I’m not a big reader of vampire books, but Rachel Koller Croft might have changed me.

The toxic friendship between Amber and Nicola really made this so much more than just a story about vampires. Told in dual perspectives and timelines, everything just worked so well, and I felt transported to the past while loving the present storyline just as much. The setting of London was perfect, and I loved how descriptive yet not too gory it was. The author’s witty yet seductive writing will make everyone want to take a big bite out of this one!

I started off reading the physical copy then switched to the audiobook which was amazing! Katherine Lee McEwan and Suzanne Elise Freeman were the perfect narrators for this story. They both did multiple accents, and they did them so well. I honestly thought there were more than two narrators while listening. I highly recommend listening to this juicy story if you can.

Thank you Berkley, PRH Audio, and NetGalley for advanced copies in exchange for my honest review!

I knew this would be fun, and I was right! Put on your dancing shoes because we are gonna party until the break of dawn lol get it …
You all know toxic friendships are my fav trope and this one delivered in the ultimate way. A toxic friend you are stuck with….forever. This was a cat and mouse sort of suspense where we get both POVs from our main MCs. I think it helped keep you rooting for both separately. Croft’s writing is so witty and of the moment. The twist at the end was spectacular and I love the ultimate revenge of it! The setting, the glitz, the glamour and the sex….this was just such a vibe!

𝘞𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 Is a dual timeline & dual POV fantasy thriller about 2 women Nicola & Amber.
Nicola & Amber meet one night at a disco club in 1979, & Nicola wants to spend the rest of eternity with Amber. This is possible because Nicola is a vampire & gives Amber the choice to turn & live with her forever.
Almost 50 years later, Amber learns of a deep betrayal from Nicola & sets up a way to leave. However, she finds that it is very hard to leave Nicola (as others who have tried wound up dead). Nicola can sense Amber turning away & proposes that they open up a disco club of their own; one unlike found today. Amber agrees, while secretly setting up her escape; but if she fails, everything is in jeopardy.

3/5: I don’t normally go for books, but this was a good read. If you’re expecting 𝘛𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 vampires, this is not it 😂 in a very good way!
I liked the dual POVs & the dual timelines; I just kind of wish there was more about Nicola’s past but her backstory is kind of written in a way you KNOW what happened, but not really at the same time. I am the type of reader that needs something concrete.
I really appreciated the twists in this book because I didn’t see them coming.
Overall, I think this would make a good book club pick!

TL;DR: The author of STONE COLD FOX returns with her delightful spin on all things vampires, set against the backdrop of the disco scene. I enjoyed SCF more, but there’s a lot to lean into here, including a fun third-act twist. Koller-Croft clearly has a very specific voice in her writing, and I think I struggled to with that here.

Thank you to Berkley, NetGalley, and Rachel Koller Croft for the e-arc of We Love the Nightlife in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I really wanted to like this. Toxic female friendships, disco, vampires. I was expecting more drama, but this fell a little flat for me. Some of the passages read more like I was reading a middle school or high school girl’s diary which made it hard to believe the characters were actual adults. There was a lot of focus on the party life and disco and I would have liked a little more on the vampire dynamics.

The plot dragged a bit until the last quarter. Until that point I could have easily set down the book and not picked it back up.

We Love the Nightlife by Rachel Koller Croft is a bloody glamorous & suspenseful horror regarding the drama & dynamics of friendship between women that just so happen to be ageless vampires. It’s an intriguing mashup of horror meets toxic relationship filled thriller with some women’s fiction. With the immortality of the vampires, it was a treat experiencing their lives with emphasis on youth & the nightlife starting all the way back to disco & then even with the entrance of social media of today.

We Love the Nightlife is great for fans of…
🖤 Horror
🖤 Vampires
🖤 Genre Mashup
🖤 Drama

This is nothing like I’ve read before but its’ intrigue kept me flipping the pages. This explored the complexity of hierarchy within the vampire world from creator to their creations & then added in sprinkles of interesting & immense history & backgrounds. I want to keep this vague so I won’t give anything away but I love a good twisty moment of surprise & this delivered that.

If you are looking for something bloody unique & slightly spooky, perfect for the fall, then I recommend giving We Love the Nightlife a bite!

Massive thanks to NetGalley & Berkley Publishing for the gifted copy, which I voluntarily read & reviewed.

Anne Rice fans don't want to miss this latest dual timeline, dual POV, contemporary vampire story. Part cat and mouse game, part female friendship saga, this book features Vampire Nicola and the young American woman she turns after becoming obsessed. Full of secrets, bad ass women and a moving thriller aspect. This was tons of fun and great on audio! HIGHLY recommended! Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early digital copy and @prhaudio for a complimentary ALC in exchange for my honest review! Rachel Koller Croft is quickly becoming a fav author - last year's Stone cold fox was also excellent!

If you enjoy books about toxic female friendships then this one is for you. I loved the dual POV’s of Nicola and Amber and their snark and sassiness. It as a fun element that they were vampires and the majority of the book took place at nightclubs. The story was clever and entertaining. I’m not really sure how to describe it – not really a thriller or horror but an edgy woman’s fiction with drama and sass. Whatever it was I enjoyed it!

Set in London across the glittering, glamourous days of nightclubbing during the height of 1970s disco to the present day, a story of toxic friendship between two female vampires, the maker, and the companion, becomes a treacherous cat-and-mouse game when one of them wants to go her own way.

This is not your usual vampire story, although lots of traditional vampire lore is woven in. It's modern with a mash-up of genres, including thriller and women's fiction, with a good dash of horror. It was campy and drama-filled, especially as the suspense built and the drama and twists landed in the second half. It focuses on the relationship between Nicola, the 200-year-old vampire, and Amber, the woman she meets in a disco, befriends, and then turns. After 50 years, although a deadly gamble, Amber wants her freedom from controlling Nicola. But Nicola has lost previous companions and holds on even tighter to Amber. Told in dual POV with flashbacks, Nicola is a compelling character, one I mostly loved to hate. And I rooted for Amber. The two of them are vivid, vicious, and vindictive. There is a hierarchy in vampire relationships, and the author uses them very well to depict the complicated dynamics at play here. An eclectic group of supporting characters and fun disco music references round out the book. If you'd be interested in a paranormal thriller that isn't too scary for spooky season, check out this one! I loved it!

Thank you to Berkley Publishing and Netgalley for the gifted ARC.

There’s nothing like a toxic female friendship between two glamorous party girls—except when they’re vampires! I was eager to love this book as much as I did the author’s debut, Stone Cold Fox, but it felt like the target audience for this one was a bit younger than me. While the story focused more on the toxic friendship than the vampire aspect, I realized that the bright, glam party vibe just didn’t resonate with me—maybe I just prefer darker themes. I’m definitely far removed from the party girl phase at this point. There were a few twists that caught my attention and broke up the monotony, but overall, I struggled to connect with the characters as much as I wanted to, which made this an okay read for me. That said, the book has a lot of potential, and I think others might enjoy it more. The author’s writing style is fantastic, and her ability to weave in sarcasm is genuinely entertaining.

🧛‍♀️WE LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE🧛‍♀️
𝔱𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔯
𝙿𝚞𝚋🗓️: 𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝟸𝟶, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟺 𝚃𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠!
𝕄𝕪 𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘: 𝟜.𝟚𝟝 ★★★★✫

🤏𝚃𝚎𝚎𝚗𝚢 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚋𝚒𝚝...Two vampires become friends in London in the 1970s. Their relationship soon turns toxic & all hell breaks loose…..

🧛‍♀️𝙼𝚢 𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜...So, yall know I go in blind to 99% of my books…I just LIVE 🎉for having barely any clue at all times. I was THRILLED to get an advanced copy of this one because it’s no surprise how much I loved Stone Cold Fox!! 🦊 I started reading & I have never had to do this before, but I had to stop & read a little of the synopsis. I just didn’t realize this was an actual vampire thriller(I never saw the fangs on the cover either #blondandblind )! I kept reading the references to 🧛‍♀️& was like 🧐. Anyhoo, once I got a tad more info I was all in & not as confused 😆🙃. This one is gonna be a smash! I just know it! The setting..ummmm, omg! You have London & it’s present day but it’s also the disco scene of the 70s/80s🪩👌. The characters, the unique plot, the dual POVs, the fashion..all were fantastic. I also will say this is a multi genre book..thriller, drama, women’s fiction, paranormal, horror..all are hit on! Def is in my top 5 of fav covers this year too! 🪩🧛‍♀️🎤