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So sad I didn’t enjoy this as much as I had hoped to…
I'm really having no luck with my most anticipated books this year…
I was very hopeful in the beginning of this book, and it felt like it had so much potential, but it ultimately fell short.
It wasn’t awful, and there were lots of interesting bits, but overall I had a hard time connecting with the characters and story because of the multiple POVs, podcast excerpts and book chapters. I honestly contemplated dnfing this several times.
It was, however, an easy read, and the kind of book you could easily read in one evening. I also loved the rom-com style of humour.
Overall, if you love angsty vampire stories that make you feel a bit nostalgic, I would recommend this.
However, make sure to check out the content warnings before reading.
Thank you Netgalley for a digital ARC copy.
All opinions are my own.

This was such an interesting book! First off, the plot was spot on. It clearly tailored to vampire girlies, such as myself. A world where characters from vampire novels are real? And you get to interact with them, fight with them, fall in love with them? That's the dream. The twists and turns kept me intrigued and the vampire lore was well explored. Yes, it cheesy, but that's part of the fun! Secondly, the execution was pretty dang cool. Lots of books contain text or email chats but this one also had podcast transcripts, internet articles, and even excerpts from the book-within-the-book. There were plenty of pop culture references too, such as Buffy and Twilight. Super cool and I definitely recommend this one to the fellow vampire girlies out there.

I am always down for a fun vampire read and that’s exactly what I got! The FMC finds herself trapped on an island among book characters from her favorite Vampire series. And it is up to her to help get them off the island and back to NYC.
Keep in mind there’s also a heavy side in which the FMC goes on a journey of healing following a sexual assault. The author handled this really well and with great compassion.
Sure, there were some cheesy parts but again it was fun to read. There was great character development! The FMC starts off as timid and running away from her feelings to embracing them and finally moving on with her life.
4 stars!!! ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thank you NetGalley and The Dial Press for an eARC in exchange for an honest review

Tess Rosenbloom, a recent grad school drop out and hotel night manager gets drawn into the world of her favorite book series, Blood Feud. When one of the characters from the book enters her life she jumps at the chance to go on a rescue mission. She soon finds the stories and characters are not all they seem. She must confront the personal evils of her past and the not so fictional demons in the story.
This book was so much fun. It does have some serious moments that were handled extremely well and did not detract at all from my enjoyment. I really loved the world that was created here. I have read a few books recently about a character going into their favorite stories but really felt like how it was done here stood out from the crowd. My biggest complaint was I felt like there was a little too much happening. I would have liked to only follow the love story of Tess and Callum. I think Joni and Octavia could have easily had their own book. All of the characters were entertaining.
I would recommend checking trigger warnings before starting the book. The author does have one at the start of the book which I always find to be a great practice and something that I really appreciate.
Thank you to NetGalley and Dial Press for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I am a major vampire girlie starting way back in my middle school and junior high days when I'd rush home to watch Buffy and Angel, which this author is a huge fan of as well and even based many of the characters off of characters from the show, such as Spike, Cordelia, and, of course, Buffy. I should have enjoyed this book and story more based on this aspect alone, but for whatever reason this book had a disconnect and made this just an okay read instead of a great one for me.
Also, I was so intrigued by the main premise! Who wouldn't want to be dropped into their favorite book, meet all their favorite characters, and become the leading role in their favorite fantasy world??! Unfortunately, there was just something missing for me to be totally wrapped up in this story and I can't quite put my finger on why that is exactly. I think it was multiple small things that lead to the overall book just not quite capturing me. I didn't have a strong urge to keep reading or that hard to put down feeling I was hoping for. I think partly, because Tess and Callum's relationship felt a little too "instalove" for me. There wasn't enough angst or build up that I crave. If I fell more in love with them and their relationship that likely would have helped!
All in all, it was just an okay read for me that had some redeemable qualities, but for the most part, will be forgettable.
**Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me an advanced copy of this book and in return I am submitting my unbiased and voluntary review and opinion. I am posting this review to my Goodreads account immediately and will post it to my Amazon & Instagram accounts upon publication.

Fang Fiction by Kate Stayman-London was a fun, interesting and entertaining story.
The premise is cute, fun and I totally enjoyed the heck out of this one.
A captivating and humorous slow burn, LGBTQ+ Rep, vampire fandom romance.
Any fan of vampires, romance and spooky lovers will enjoy this book tremendously.
I for one devoured it and thought it was super cute!
Thank You NetGalley and Random House | Dial Press Trade for your generosity and gifting me a copy of this amazing eARC!

Obsessed. I LOVED One to Watch and had the same reading experience with this - it was fun, it was empowering, i couldnt put it down. As someone who has spent a lot of time in fandom spaces, I loved this little nod to that world. And the mixed-media format was really intriguing and executed well. A very fun vampire read for those who aren't into full horror but want to have fun with the season!

If you were a vampire obsessed tween (or young adult) like myself and always wondered what it would be like to be thrown headfirst into the world of your favorite vamps this this is the perfect book to fulfill those dreams. Tess and her bestie Joni built their friendship on free grad school food and a love for their favorite novel, Blood Feud. After Tess has to drop out of school and leave her favorite person, the novels remain her obsession and comfort. Until one day after trying to reconnect with Joni, and things not going to plan, she is approached by one of the characters from said book but her costume looks a little too...real. What follows is a chaotic revealing of another world that Tess is now apart of saving, when she gets tuck her ex-bestie ends up apart of the rescue as well. Both women develop trust with the characters they use to read about but now things are getting real and love is in the air. Great twists and turns along the way made this a fun read with the urban fantasy shenanigans that keep the chaos and story moving forward.
(TW: Discussions of SA) Our dear sweet Tess left her PhD program due to a horrible experience with a fellow student so please check your trigger warnings and take care of your self.

Loved this!
So happy to finally be reading something from Kate again! Other than pacing issues I feel like this is the perfect read for spooky season, for nerds, for people needing something positive to read!

The book incorporates different forms of media in the world allowing you to glimpse the scripts and passages from the book that has drawn the characters in and is reflected in the world around them. You discover that there are people who believe the book could be true and speculate about it in online forums early in the novel. The tension between the characters was introduced at the end of the prologue, creating a hook that kept me intrigued as the world was developed.

Kate is absolutely an auto buy author for me now! Loved One To Watch and even tho this is different it does not disappoint! Definitely worth sinking your teeth into! 😆

I don’t know how to review this book. Part of me found it popcorn fun, but another part found it super young and insta lovey. Then throw in the super dark character trauma (check the cws!) and I’m so confused on my thoughts.

Fang Fiction features Tess, a PHD candidate and devoted fan of Blood Feud, a vampire series. Through a series of events, she learns that the Blood Feud characters are real and needs to travel to the dimension they’ve been locked away in. There, she meets Callum, the bad boy vampire of the series and discovers not everything is true to the book.
This was a fun premise, and felt like an homage to fan fiction stories. I love fan fiction, which is why I requested this as an ARC. The beats of a fan fiction were all present, the AU “they exist in the real world” and the Mary Sue of inserting yourself in your favourite story. I found these, as a nod to the fan fiction world, really cute.
The actual story was a little bit hard to get into. The transcripts of podcasts and buzz feed quizzes were just a little much for me. I liked the first one or two, to get us into the fandom, but then they kept happening when the story was what I wanted. The current pop culture references were also extreme and I think this will very much date the book.
The romance was fine, it felt very instalovey, which would hold true to fan fiction norms, I think. I just wanted more.
Overall, fun and festive for witchy\vampire season.

As a longtime vampire lover, I was so excited for the concept of this novel. What if your favorite vampires from your favorite fantasy series were real? Overall, this book was campy and fun and I enjoyed a lot of aspects of it, including the friendship between Tess and Joni and all of the side characters. The plot development, POVs, and characterization was a bit all over the place, and it was definitely too long. Overall, a fun time!
Thank you to Random House Publishing and NetGalley for an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing for providing the ARC.
A Vampire love affair based on the main male character of your favorite paranormal book series? Sign me up.
I am not normally a fan of instalove stories, but I was mostly okay with it here, just because I loved the ridiculousness of this book. Tess and Callum are amazing together and I really loved the world building of this book. The pop culture shout outs were a fun touch and something I appreciated at a Buffy fan.
If you were watching vampire shows in the late 90s and the early 2000s, this is the book for you

Thank you to Random House Publishing Group and NetGalley for an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review!
The AO3 fans are going to love this, vampires and instalove! I personally didn't care for the narration style or pacing, and was invested in Joni and Octavia’s relationship over Tess and Callum's. I'd be interested to read more by Kate later on!

I read the author's debut novel so I was curious what she would do for a followup. I am a sucker for vampires so was hooked immediately by that. I liked the different writing styles she used. Octavia and Joni were a fun couple. Did not pick up on the Cordelia right away but got it when mentioned. Enjoyed the Buffy and other TV icon shout outs. Some may feel it was campy but as a Buffy fan I loved it. Good reveal on who is the author. Also liked the world building.

Unfortunately this story was hard to get into because of the R scene. There was too much going on and it didn’t really hit or catch me. I loved the author’s previous book. However, I was hoping for a fun vampire theme one here and it let me down. Cute cover though and overall cute concept. Execution was lacking.

DNF as this book was very much not for me. I did not like that the plot completely hinged around the main character being drugged and raped, then abruptly abandoning her entire life because of it. Maybe there will be other out there who jive with this premise, but I certainly did not.
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for allowing me to be an early reader. All thoughts are my own.

Fang Fiction by Kate Stayman-London ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Why I Chose it: I loved her last novel, One to Watch.
Y’all, I might be in my vampire era. Never really classified myself as a vampire fan, but now here we are, two vampire novels where I enjoyed the characters.
This one had a unique premise and still felt nostalgic. This was written for all of us readers who would love for our favorite book worlds to be real. This premise paired with a healing character journey worked for me. I found the pacing too slow in the middle, and maybe the side quests could’ve been reduced a bit, but I understood why they were there.
Fun characters, several love stories, and a lot of sarcasm, this was a fun read for spooky season.
If you enjoy Twilight, vampire crushes, and magical worlds coming to life, this will be a fun read for you