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LuvBytes
LuvBytes is a thrilling collection of seven sci-fi, horror, fantasy, and thriller-infused short stories that explore the highs, lows, and dark corners of modern Black online dating. Set against the backdrop of LuvBytes, an exclusive dating app for Black professionals, each story dives into the complexities of love, desire, and technology, where romance can lead to the supernatural, the terrifying, or even the otherworldly. From werewolves and vampires to cloning and psychological suspense, LuvBytes redefines what it means to swipe right in a world where the search for love can be both exhilarating and deadly.
181 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 7, 2025
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December 3, 2025
LuvBytes is the kind of book that reminds you why storytelling matters. Every story feels alive with imagination, emotion, and a sharp understanding of what it means to love in a world filled with technology, fear, desire, hope, and impossible choices. I loved this book because it gives you something rare. It gives you speculative fiction that feels grounded in real people, real relationships, and real struggles. The worlds are wild, but the feelings are honest.
Each story stands on its own, yet they all carry the pulse of a single idea. Love can be beautiful, terrifying, transformative, or dangerous, and sometimes all of those things at once. The writing pulls you in with vivid imagery and characters who feel fully human even when the world around them is not. I found myself rereading lines because they carried so much truth and weight.
What moved me the most is how LuvBytes highlights the Black experience within genres that rarely center Black voices. It proves that our stories belong everywhere. It blends sci fi, horror, fantasy, romance, and social commentary so effortlessly that you do not even realize how deeply it is working on you until the final page. This book is bold in its ideas and tender in its heart.
I loved the risks it takes, the questions it asks, and the emotions it stirs up. It makes you think about connection, about the future, about the past we carry, and about the people who shape who we become. It is entertaining, imaginative, and meaningful.
LuvBytes is a book I will keep recommending because it sticks with you long after you finish. It entertains you, challenges you, and invites you to feel something real.
Each story stands on its own, yet they all carry the pulse of a single idea. Love can be beautiful, terrifying, transformative, or dangerous, and sometimes all of those things at once. The writing pulls you in with vivid imagery and characters who feel fully human even when the world around them is not. I found myself rereading lines because they carried so much truth and weight.
What moved me the most is how LuvBytes highlights the Black experience within genres that rarely center Black voices. It proves that our stories belong everywhere. It blends sci fi, horror, fantasy, romance, and social commentary so effortlessly that you do not even realize how deeply it is working on you until the final page. This book is bold in its ideas and tender in its heart.
I loved the risks it takes, the questions it asks, and the emotions it stirs up. It makes you think about connection, about the future, about the past we carry, and about the people who shape who we become. It is entertaining, imaginative, and meaningful.
LuvBytes is a book I will keep recommending because it sticks with you long after you finish. It entertains you, challenges you, and invites you to feel something real.
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