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Forbidden
As the vampire king's daughter, Lilura has spent the entire 19 years of her life training to fight in a centuries-long war between the vampires, and wolves. One that she'll never get to fight in. Being caged within the property lines of her family's home, she has begged to be set free, causing her heart to become as cold as ice. When her father announces that he has arranged for her to marry his friend's son, and sign a peace treaty with the Alpha Wolf, she begins to feel the walls closing in on her even further.
That's when Reika, the Alpha Wolf's daughter, comes along and devises a plan for them to run. On their adventure, Lilura finds out just how many things her father has held back from her. She learns of things only thought to be in fairy tales, and that a new war is brewing. Lilura internally fights her own feelings and thoughts of love along with her emotions against her own family. Will Reika be able to chip away at Lilura's icy heart and help to save their kingdom or will it all go down in flames?
That's when Reika, the Alpha Wolf's daughter, comes along and devises a plan for them to run. On their adventure, Lilura finds out just how many things her father has held back from her. She learns of things only thought to be in fairy tales, and that a new war is brewing. Lilura internally fights her own feelings and thoughts of love along with her emotions against her own family. Will Reika be able to chip away at Lilura's icy heart and help to save their kingdom or will it all go down in flames?
- GenresFantasy
245 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 31, 2024
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About the author
Elvi Blómgren
12 books16 followersOhio-based author Elvi is the author of the Chronically a Vampire Series and the Zeglatia
Trilogy. She is currently finishing her bachelor's degree in Creative Writing, with a focus in fiction, at Southern New Hampshire University and plans to continue her education to get her masters in Folklore and Mythology. She lives in a small town in Ohio and loves to spend her time out in nature with her two children and her husband. Prior to writing, Elvi was a dog trainer and an herbalist, owning her own online apothecary. Since then, she has been a stay-at-home mother to her twins and has written blog posts about what life is like as a parent to twins who were born at 24 weeks and all of the medical problems that come along with that and has written about her own struggles with mental health and living with multiple chronic illnesses.
“Reading let me escape to new worlds when things were rough, and writing gave me the outlet to escape to my own new worlds.”
Trilogy. She is currently finishing her bachelor's degree in Creative Writing, with a focus in fiction, at Southern New Hampshire University and plans to continue her education to get her masters in Folklore and Mythology. She lives in a small town in Ohio and loves to spend her time out in nature with her two children and her husband. Prior to writing, Elvi was a dog trainer and an herbalist, owning her own online apothecary. Since then, she has been a stay-at-home mother to her twins and has written blog posts about what life is like as a parent to twins who were born at 24 weeks and all of the medical problems that come along with that and has written about her own struggles with mental health and living with multiple chronic illnesses.
“Reading let me escape to new worlds when things were rough, and writing gave me the outlet to escape to my own new worlds.”
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January 16, 2026
1.5⭐️ Rounded Up
I really pushed through this one to finish just so I could write a review. To be honest it was a big disappointment to me for multiple reasons.
First, there was no natural flow to this story. The characters were poorly written, and at first I thought maybe it was because I’m just not a huge fan of werewolves and am picky about my vampire reads. But they were just not good and I found them annoying to be honest.
The romance was the main focus of the story, that much was obvious. But they didn’t even feel right for one another and it was MAJORLY rushed. The sex seemed to be what was the most important but it was so repetitive and out felt like the same scenes were happening over and over again.
It was overall so cheesy, and not in a good way. It was kind of giving me Wattpad story vibes. I don’t know, nothing clicked for me and I was bummed.
I really pushed through this one to finish just so I could write a review. To be honest it was a big disappointment to me for multiple reasons.
First, there was no natural flow to this story. The characters were poorly written, and at first I thought maybe it was because I’m just not a huge fan of werewolves and am picky about my vampire reads. But they were just not good and I found them annoying to be honest.
The romance was the main focus of the story, that much was obvious. But they didn’t even feel right for one another and it was MAJORLY rushed. The sex seemed to be what was the most important but it was so repetitive and out felt like the same scenes were happening over and over again.
It was overall so cheesy, and not in a good way. It was kind of giving me Wattpad story vibes. I don’t know, nothing clicked for me and I was bummed.
December 31, 2023
Spice rate: 🌶️🌶️🌶️
I am honored to have been able to ARC read this book before it was released and can’t wait for the rest of the series!
I loved this book it was the perfect blend of action and spice sprinkled with lies, betrayal and self discovery. The only thing that I wasn’t crazy about at first was the alternating perspectives but Elvi Blómgren did a fantastic job keeping the chapters interesting and never missing a single detail. I was also pleasantly surprised by the love interest and enjoyed watching the relationship blossom. Forbidden was such an easy read and I was hooked from the beginning. The story was fast paced and the character development was amazing! This is definitely a book I would recommend to someone why loves Romantacy or is trying to get into the Romantacy genre.
I am honored to have been able to ARC read this book before it was released and can’t wait for the rest of the series!
I loved this book it was the perfect blend of action and spice sprinkled with lies, betrayal and self discovery. The only thing that I wasn’t crazy about at first was the alternating perspectives but Elvi Blómgren did a fantastic job keeping the chapters interesting and never missing a single detail. I was also pleasantly surprised by the love interest and enjoyed watching the relationship blossom. Forbidden was such an easy read and I was hooked from the beginning. The story was fast paced and the character development was amazing! This is definitely a book I would recommend to someone why loves Romantacy or is trying to get into the Romantacy genre.
January 2, 2024
I was provided an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
EEP! The sapphic vampire/witch book of your dreams is Forbidden by Elvi Blomgren. The enemies to lovers is just oh so sweet and then it gets oh so spicy. The story comes together pretty quickly and the action is almost non-stop. There is a good balance of the sweet and spicy, which I appreciate. I also, of course, appreciate the LGBT rep as well. This book is about discovery, love and most of all, acceptance.
EEP! The sapphic vampire/witch book of your dreams is Forbidden by Elvi Blomgren. The enemies to lovers is just oh so sweet and then it gets oh so spicy. The story comes together pretty quickly and the action is almost non-stop. There is a good balance of the sweet and spicy, which I appreciate. I also, of course, appreciate the LGBT rep as well. This book is about discovery, love and most of all, acceptance.
September 6, 2024
I had the honor to arc read and it’s absolutely amazing. Adventure, lies, betrayal, love, a cliff hanger at the end 😭 this book truly has it all. I cried and cheered with the main characters you truly get to feel all their emotions and I loved how you got to see certain parts from both of their perspectives.
January 31, 2024
I can not praise Elvi enough for writing this incredible story. Forbidden is a Spicy sapphic enemy to lovers between a vampire and a werewolf filled with adventure, intrigue, and magic.
I was hooked from the first time I read it and I've already finished reading it 5 times! The world-building is incredibly well thought out and the plot flows so smoothly that you will not want to ever put the book down. I'm soo excited to see where the story heads in the future
I was hooked from the first time I read it and I've already finished reading it 5 times! The world-building is incredibly well thought out and the plot flows so smoothly that you will not want to ever put the book down. I'm soo excited to see where the story heads in the future
March 8, 2024
Poor attempt at a plot
September 22, 2024
Pretty intense cliffhanger.
Wait...that's how it ends?
So, the world building was cool, plot was super solid, well paced until the ending which was rushed then seemed to end almost mid sentence, like right at the peak of climactic scene when everything was coming together and happening, mid action, then just ... nothing, no more words to read.
The dialog was pretty clunky, particularly in the beginning, made more awkward by the extreme speech tags, referring to characters 'screaming' when a terse or slightly raised voice seemed more likely. Once I started picturing everyone as anime style characters, it made this aspect easier to accept, since anime characters are always exaggerating every tiny emotion.
I felt there was some lacking motivation in the two of them running off together. Like, they went from despising each other to suddenly running together within like, an hour of knowing each other, the wolf girl in particular with basically zero motivation. She had literally nothing to run from, no arranged marriage, nice seeming parents who supported her interests, slated to be next alpha of her pack despite clearly not being particularly dominant in nature. She needed a better reason to leave than a rude girl who's mean to her existing nearby. I'd probably also have had them both run off separately, then encounter each other and have some external threat or obstacle force them to rely on each other's unique skills to overcome it; the vamps warrior skills and the wolf's worldly know-how and charisma, then have them decide traveling together makes sense, and develop their relationship from there. It would have allowed for more character development early on instead of me needing to just force myself to believe these two are falling in love because they're traveling together for no real reason, not because I'm seeing it happen, with understandable how's and why's.
Over all, the positives were world building, interesting plot, well written sex scenes, like, the sex wasn't all that creative, but it was reliably hot and well described, and added to character growth and development. There was also a good strong character arc for the vampire.
What could have been better: motivations for characters actions in the beginning, dialog and dialog descriptions, more of a character arc for the wolf, and an actual ending or at least epilogue, so we're not all left feeling like we do when the batteries on our bedside friend dies at the worst possible moment. There's a way to do cliff hangers where the book still feels complete, but that's not what happened here.
It reads like a decently copy edited second draft with a lot of promise, but basically just lacked some developmental editing.
I still read the whole thing and enjoyed it. I bet this author consistently improves, and I'll probably follow them.
Wait...that's how it ends?
So, the world building was cool, plot was super solid, well paced until the ending which was rushed then seemed to end almost mid sentence, like right at the peak of climactic scene when everything was coming together and happening, mid action, then just ... nothing, no more words to read.
The dialog was pretty clunky, particularly in the beginning, made more awkward by the extreme speech tags, referring to characters 'screaming' when a terse or slightly raised voice seemed more likely. Once I started picturing everyone as anime style characters, it made this aspect easier to accept, since anime characters are always exaggerating every tiny emotion.
I felt there was some lacking motivation in the two of them running off together. Like, they went from despising each other to suddenly running together within like, an hour of knowing each other, the wolf girl in particular with basically zero motivation. She had literally nothing to run from, no arranged marriage, nice seeming parents who supported her interests, slated to be next alpha of her pack despite clearly not being particularly dominant in nature. She needed a better reason to leave than a rude girl who's mean to her existing nearby. I'd probably also have had them both run off separately, then encounter each other and have some external threat or obstacle force them to rely on each other's unique skills to overcome it; the vamps warrior skills and the wolf's worldly know-how and charisma, then have them decide traveling together makes sense, and develop their relationship from there. It would have allowed for more character development early on instead of me needing to just force myself to believe these two are falling in love because they're traveling together for no real reason, not because I'm seeing it happen, with understandable how's and why's.
Over all, the positives were world building, interesting plot, well written sex scenes, like, the sex wasn't all that creative, but it was reliably hot and well described, and added to character growth and development. There was also a good strong character arc for the vampire.
What could have been better: motivations for characters actions in the beginning, dialog and dialog descriptions, more of a character arc for the wolf, and an actual ending or at least epilogue, so we're not all left feeling like we do when the batteries on our bedside friend dies at the worst possible moment. There's a way to do cliff hangers where the book still feels complete, but that's not what happened here.
It reads like a decently copy edited second draft with a lot of promise, but basically just lacked some developmental editing.
I still read the whole thing and enjoyed it. I bet this author consistently improves, and I'll probably follow them.
December 29, 2023
Elvi Blómgren has created a wonderful world full of politics, magical beings, and love with LGBTQ+ representation that made my heart feel full. In the beginning, I struggled with the pacing and how fast everything felt, as well as needing more depth with the characters and their actions, but I soon realized that the characters are nineteen and remembered that people of that age tend to be spontaneous and live in the moment. Character development take time, and learning comes through living, and that's exactly what I saw as the story continued. While reading, I saw the characters figure out how to navigate a world full of conflict where at first they have to hide their true selves, and I enjoyed seeing the growth of the protagonists, especially Lilura, over the span of the story. That growth is what really drove the story forward for me, and it kept me wanting to see the protagonists succeed in their journey of self-discovery and later their prophetic responsibilities. There is plenty of fighting, lust, and decently explicit sexual content, so it is not exactly what one would call cozy, although the beautiful love story did make me feel warm and happy. Overall, Forbidden has left me craving for more, and I hope to be able to one day discover this world in full.
September 9, 2025
I feel like I've read a completely different book from most everyone else.
What can I even say?
The writing is painfully bland, it's all telling and absolutely no showing, the plot is so full of holes it may as well be swiss cheese, and the characters are one dimensional and flat.
The "romance" so badly wanted to be enemies to lovers but the girls were NEVER ENEMIES. They basically fell in love after 2 hours of knowing each other.
And it really could've used more editing. A lot of editing.
I will say the author does have some good ideas, but there needs to be more than just good ideas.
What can I even say?
The writing is painfully bland, it's all telling and absolutely no showing, the plot is so full of holes it may as well be swiss cheese, and the characters are one dimensional and flat.
The "romance" so badly wanted to be enemies to lovers but the girls were NEVER ENEMIES. They basically fell in love after 2 hours of knowing each other.
And it really could've used more editing. A lot of editing.
I will say the author does have some good ideas, but there needs to be more than just good ideas.
May 30, 2024
Fast paced
It was a good read it was very, and I do mean very fast-paced. It was like 3 chapters in, and they were already saying they were into each other, which will make sense towards the end by like chapter 10 I was like wait wait show down I'm use to slow burns so it was a weird adjustment for me but Overall the book was amazing except the aburt ending can't wait to read the second book if there is one
It was a good read it was very, and I do mean very fast-paced. It was like 3 chapters in, and they were already saying they were into each other, which will make sense towards the end by like chapter 10 I was like wait wait show down I'm use to slow burns so it was a weird adjustment for me but Overall the book was amazing except the aburt ending can't wait to read the second book if there is one
January 23, 2024
So happy I had the pleasure to arc read this book, it was insanely good. Was a very fast paced, quick read about a spontaneous adventure of love, betrayal, acceptance and some good spice 🌶️🌶️🌶️ with just enough sweetness added in! The character development was chiefs kiss. The LGBTQ+ rep was amazing as well, plus enemies to lovers? Hands down the best trope . I can’t wait to read more
January 30, 2024
I enjoy this book! It was my first sapphic story and I enjoyed the mix of spice as well as plot. I enjoy books with both because to much of one or the other makes it a lot harder for me to enjoy a book.
The main characters are very loveable and I enjoy seeing a character that is actually willing to grow and learn and become a better person for the people they care for.
The main characters are very loveable and I enjoy seeing a character that is actually willing to grow and learn and become a better person for the people they care for.
January 21, 2024
I had the honor of reading this as an ARC.
It’s such an awesome and easy book to read. The story line is enticing and keeps you hooked the whole story. I absolutely love all the characters and can’t wait for more.
It’s such an awesome and easy book to read. The story line is enticing and keeps you hooked the whole story. I absolutely love all the characters and can’t wait for more.
January 17, 2024
I got to ARC read this book. It was really good. The world building and the plot are so well written. I couldn't put it down. I'm eager for the next book.
January 30, 2024
I was sooooo honored to get to be a part of the ARC reading for this book. It was AMAZING and everything I look for in a fantasy/romance book! You're great Elvi!
March 18, 2024
wow
What a fantastic story. To bring our childhood tales to life in this story and the MC so good was just amazing.
What a fantastic story. To bring our childhood tales to life in this story and the MC so good was just amazing.
December 10, 2025
Ummmmm the writing style was childish
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