A Vision in Crimson by Kathryn Troy Release Date: January 23, 2024 (ONE WEEK FROM TODAY!) Preorder Here *Edited 1/23/24 to add* Now on sale here I loved Kathryn's Troy's epic fantasy novel The Shadow of Theron , which I reviewed last year, so I was thrilled to accept when she invited me to review an ARC for her upcoming novel, A Vision in Crimson (Frostbite #1) . This one has an entirely different premise: star-crossed witch and vampire lovers from opposite worlds of a portal fantasy. Troy's writing, however, is equally luscious and inventive, with literary homage spanning the gamut from Greek mythology to Dracula to The Chronicles of Narnia. The male protagonist, Luca (derivative of the Stoker novel), is a dhampir--half-vampire, half-human, although in this lore, he functions more like a vampire except he can subsist on his own blood and is universally reviled. The female protagonist, Kate, is also from Earth, but Victorian era, when she and her brothers fell into a por...
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