A review by green_mm
Filthy Rich Vampire by Geneva Lee

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

Whiplash is the best way to describe the sensation of reading this book. The plot felt repetitive, with Thea and Julian continually experiencing serious relationship troubles caused by internal disagreements or external pressures then immediately moving past such issues with dismal amounts of communication or resolution, leaving the matter to fester into a larger problem that always returns at a later time. Further, Thea was described early on as having no sense of self-preservation, and that remained 100% correct to the end of the story. If the decisions she made during the novel are any indication of her decision-making skills before we knew her, it is by luck alone she has lived this long. Julian, who I initially really liked for his self-awareness and self-discipline, annoyed me by the end because he had so many opportunities to share information with Thea that would mitigate the many obstacles they faced as a couple, yet he just chose not to? He might be 900 years old, but he clearly never matured past 22. All of this, plus the feeling that this novel of over 350 pages could have likely been much shorter and conveyed the same message, zapped any interest I had in reading the rest of the series. 
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