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- Content warnings: Blood, Violence, Graphic violence, Murder, Death, Kidnapping, Dubious consent, Grief, Death of a parent, Emotional abuse, Gore
The Book of Blood and Roses
by Annie Summerlee
Book 1 in The Callisto Chronicles
A sapphic vampire hunter x vampire romance set in a gothic dark academia world that nails the slow-building tension between two women on opposite sides of an ancient conflict - with a blood bond that makes every stolen glance feel dangerous.
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Length368 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice2/5 · Slow seduction
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- F/F
- Slow burn
- Medium
- Slow seduction
- Tension finally satisfied
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- Forbidden love
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Romantic fulfillment
- Reluctant allies to lovers
- Tension / anticipation
- Book hangover incoming
- She falls first
- First time / discovery
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Longing glances
- Neck kisses / neck touching
- Eye contact intensity
- Bonding/claiming/marking
- Magic-infused intimacy
Fantasy promise
- Paranormal romance
- Academy / campus
- Urban fantasy
- Vampires
- Forced proximity
- Academy / school
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- Gothic
- Hidden identity
- Roommates
- Undercover/spy romance
- Secret alliance
- Vampire romance
- Dark academia romance
Reading experience
- First person
- Fast
- Dark
- Lush
- Moderate
- Spy/thief
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- Sapphic
- Warrior/fighter
- Seductive
- Atmospheric
- Survivor
- Mysterious
- Immersive
- Intense
- Dramatic
- Romantic
- Sapphic dark academia
- Gothic vampire university
- Moonlit tension
- Forbidden blood bond
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Book details
- Length
- 368 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book