A Bargain of Blood and Gold

As I've said countless of times before – one mark of a good book is when I don't realise how much I'm reading until I make myself stop and it's like 40% or I've just finished the entire book. Glad to say this was one of those cases. Also I'm glad that I've had a couple of those experiences in my read book for this year. Makes up for the not good experiences that I unfortunately had to endure.

Johnathan Newman, a vampire hunter, newly assigned to a small town, was a good main character to follow. He's smart, empathetic, and has a sad backstory. The sad backstory wasn't a reason for me to like him, I'm not that kind of reader; but it allowed us to get to know him really well.

I liked Vic. I liked how he appeared to be all mysterious in the beginning and how he reveals his personality through Johnathan. Not only does that mean Johnathan gets to know him but we as the reader get to know the both of them (as they reveal themselves to each other). Plus we see their relationship growing.

I definitely want to read the sequel to see their relationship grow. I think Jacques did a good job of forming it and hopefully more cute moments will appear in the future. Luckily I'm able to get the sequel from the same site (StoryOrigin) so I hope I can read it soon.

I really enjoyed the plot in this! I thought it would go one way, be abc and then it was entirely upside down and I couldn't predict like I thought I would be able to. I actually prefer these to the books where I can predict what happens. I hope that the next book also has a plot where I don't really get to predict it.