Review: Melting Ice 8

Melting Ice 8 by D.J. Manly
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

After seven books of smoldering hawt man love, Author D.J. Manly gives readers a new twist with vampiric man love. And I like it! This can definitely be read as a standalone and quite frankly, I'd be thrilled if it moved into a spin off series by itself.

Jonas Maclean is in law enforcement for a special unit, the supernatural unit. They find the supernaturals who break human laws and hunt them down. Considering he is in a limbo state as not human but not quite vampire, his team loves to use him but doesn't trust them. This is a set up for failure. Still Jonas in his self righteous way to exterminate that which he does not understand, is faced with a dilemma when certain ugly truths are forced into light.

Dimitri is a centuries old vampire who is intrigued by Jonas. Jonas reminds him of a lost love from centuries ago. When he tries to show Jonas they are both on the same side, Jonas rebuffs him. But as Jonas learns more, he realizes he is nothing but a pawn. I liked the characters in this story. Jonas is a confused human who needs to learn more about he vampire world. Straddling as part human and part vampire, he will never be fully accepted in either. The fact that human law enforcement think they can bring supernaturals to justice and they know close to nothing about the supernaturals is hilarious.

The romance in this story is slower paced and more a sensual seduction with some male ego miscommunication thrown in. It does start a world that is intriguing and I want to learn more about it. What is this vampire council? What is a vampire court? How does the supernatural world all fit into this human world? So many questions, no answers. This erotic romance is recommended for m/m readers who enjoy a bit of paranormal element.

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