Book Review: Dying for Death

 

I was meant to keep order, not fall in love with a reckless vampire who could tear my world apart.

As the newly appointed God of the Dead, I can’t afford even a hint of weakness as a man or a god. Las Vegas belongs to the Egyptian gods now, and I’m the one holding the balance between my power-hungry brethren.

Any crack in my authority could ignite open war, dragging chaos down the Strip. To keep the world standing, I have to make it unmistakably clear that I’m in control now—the man who once kept order from the sidelines and now decides how far the gods can push.

That control unravels the moment the one man I loved returns to the city of lights and sin—no longer human, but a vampire.

In exchange for immortality, Aaron is blood bound to Seth, a god determined to resurrect ancient hierarchies and enslave mortals and immortals alike. Worse, Seth knows exactly how to use Aaron against me.

And Aaron doesn’t make it easy.

He keeps throwing himself into danger, reckless and defiant, like he needs to prove he’s no longer something fragile I have to protect.

But he still is.

And if anything happens to him, I would never recover.

I have to choose between the order that keeps the world intact and the man who has always been my only weakness.

Loving him could start a war.
Losing him would destroy me.

My Review

So when I grabbed this book, I was drawn to the blurb. I did know it was part of a series but did not really care as a lot of books in a series can be read as stand alones. While this book can, I felt though for me personally that having not started at the beginning of the series, I missed that established relationship with the characters and world. 

I will say that the world the author created is rich and I did really like it with the gods, mortal, and the backstory. This is what really did draw me into this book. As I progressed through the storyline, I started forming a relationship with Aaron and Timothy. I enjoyed reading their story. It was not an easy one as they did have to content with someone, who definitely has a God complex.

I would say that this book was storyline first and then the romance second. It is a low, slow burn. Yet, I am not mad about it. While it did take me about a third of the way into the story to really get engaged, I did like this book.

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