I am speechless after reading Hannah Birss A Love Like Sharp Teeth. Seriously, my heart and brain stalled and I had full body chills after turning the last page.

In A Love Like Sharp Teeth, Wilhelm Anwalt writes a letter to his fellow townsfolk detailing his experience with a vampir as young man and explains how that experience affects each of them now.

This novella reminded me of Dracula, but a thousand times better. Because I couldn't put this down, but my bookmark in Dracula has been stuck twenty-five percent in for almost a year now. Dark, moody, and atmospheric, Birss transports us to a German village with, rightfully, severe superstitions. I was right there alongside Wilhelm, among the fog and the trees, hearing the church bells toll in the distance. I did not want the story to end. I would have stayed in this world and explored every decrepit, crumbling home for answers.

Of course, the story ended perfectly and left me with those full body chills. Do yourself a favor and pick up A Love Like Sharp Teeth. You won't put it down, and when you too turn that last page, you'll feel for a while.

I owe a massive thank you to the author and Netgalley for an early reader copy. All opinions are my own.

What a beautiful Gothic love horror story.
Written in classic gothic style and I loved every minute of it.
Everything is written descriptively but not overly wordy, in a style reminiscent of Victorian written gothic horrors like Dracula and such.
Dark, moody, atmospheric, descriptive, whist making you feel the care and love. But also delivering in the descriptions that share the horrors, feeling, sorrow of all within the story.
I read this in one sitting, it's short but impactful.
The shortness it's it's only down side. Only because I was enjoying the writing so much I just didn't want it to end. However I do have a soft spot for traditional Gothic style writing, so I could be a bit bias.
Just a quick note, the vampire is not you trope vampire of modern times but more of the historical type.
I would recommend this book to classic vampire lovers or those that love classic gothic style writing.
The horror is not shock gore or anything of the type. The horror is the aspect of the vampire.
Thank you to the publisher and the author for letting me read this ARC. I really enjoyed it.

WOW !!! This was brilliant! It reads like Dracula, Frankenstein, Carmilla and all my other favourite classic horrors. Short, sweet, and oh so creepy. Truly a spectacular piece of writing.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Victory Editing for allowing me to read and review this work.

A captivating, haunting gothic tale that blends grotesque vampires and how far we would go for our loved ones. I simply could not put down this novella. It was told from via a long letter by Wilhem, detailing his experience in his hometown with a vampire many decades ago and how it still haunting him today. Birss did a fantastic job at leading us into the Bavarian mountains of the 1500s, with the perfect atmospheric and dark descriptions of classic horror novels without bogging down the story without overzealous prose. Definitely more of a creepy, suspenseful, moody horror novel than a body/gore horror, but there are graphic elements. As it was getting to the end, I kept wishing it would go on because I truly loved it so much, but it was perfect as is.