Dean Castle arrived at Evermoon Hollow with nothing but his truck, his toolbox, and a whole lot of guns. Now he's the sole human handyman in a survival commune filled with gorgeous vampire women. With their unique diet compromising their strength, they need not only his practical skills but also his killer instinct to survive. Building plumbing systems, blasting monsters, scavenging the wasteland, and unlocking supernatural powers with an unlikely fey companion—all in a day's work for our hero.
But this settlement needs work. Between defenses against military-grade monsters, sustainable water systems, and infrastructure that can withstand whatever hell the wasteland throws at them, Dean's got his hands full. Good thing he excels at handling demanding projects, and even more demanding ladies.
When the world's gone to hell, there's nothing like being the last man standing—especially when you're standing in a trailer park full of admiring vampire women.
Complete with a brief foreword by Michael Dalton and a cast full of quirky characters, TPBV promises to be one of the most memorable base-building books you'll read all year.
I enjoy haremlit a lot. But this one is a bit too referential and cutesy.
Post-apocalypse. First vampires (and maybe others) came out of the closet and then the military started experiments that wound up with a plague of zombies pretty much taking out civilization everywhere.
Dean is a very transient jack-of-all-trades who did time in Afghanistan and so he knows his way around weapons and fixing things. He gets sort-of adopted by a trailer park inhabited by cute girl vampires who tend to wear bikinis. Dean then gets bonded with a foul-mouthed fairy girl and gets a magic interface that gives him new powers when he says "the right words". Yeah.
And the ability he gets is *exactly* what he needs to save his bacon at that precise moment.
Basically the book is too cutesy for words. And the magic is ridiculous.
But...
The vampire girls are interesting and quite different from each other. The fairy is charming in her own way. The sex is hot and the amount of sex is appropriate for the genre.
There are lots of setups for the next book.
All in all, an enjoyable haremlit adventure. But a bit too raw around the edges.
I think part of the problem is this feels like an homage to TPE but it’s no where near as well written. The story isn’t nearly as interesting and a lot of stuff feels campy, but not in a good way. The far magic system is just ridiculous, he says some random “words”, generally just some overtly sexual innuendo or phrase, and then suddenly the fae queen grants him a power…. It just feels trashy and stupid.
Also the constant pushing of “virgins” is just cringe. Like the multiple thousand year old vampire is still a virgin, but she is immediately in love and the MC is who she has been saving it for…. Right…..
I don’t hate the book, but it wasn’t really that good either. Not something I will actively tell people not to read, not definitely not something I will recommend either.
What can I say when both these authors team up there’s gotta be a lot of hilarious over-the-top humor and cultural references. Let’s not get started about all the spice in this one. I’m a little burnt out myself on post apocalyptic tales but this one is definitely hands-down. Hilarious, and a lot of fun.
PLEASE TONE DOWN DEAN'S ACCENT! it was too much, and inconsistent at that. You made someone who supposed served in Afghanistan sound like a dumb hillbilly at times. Coming from a southerner it was overkill. If that's what you were going for then great but it distracted from the story.
It isn't horrible but I didn't think it was interesting either. The characters seemed diverse enough for sure, and they were properly trashy, but it was just too trashy for me. I got triggered at the beginning by the MC going full-Southerner. Just wasn't into the story.
It breaks the fourth wall sometimes, so there's a plus. Next, is the balance of sex scenes and story. This is the second book of Virgil 's that I read. I look forward to reading more in the future
I really liked this book, I hope they write another one or several ineffect. The book is light and moves along at a good clip. I like the main character Dean, and his trailer park ladies.
This book is hilarious, full of action and an MC with a can do attitude .I hope like hell this is the start of a series because it's too damn good not to!
got about halfway through. really didn't enjoy it. the moment he starting super leaping all over the place and blasting gnolls with a magic shotgun was the straw that broke the camel for me.
DNF @ 27%. MC accent is atrocious and ruined all dialogue scenes, but the premise was entertaining enough that I tried to tough it out, but then the fairy is introduced. She is incredibly annoying and every scene with her grated on my nerves. At this point I wasn't enjoying the story anymore and had to put it down. Additionally, sex =/= romance and this book has smut just for smut's sake. If that is what you are looking for then proceed, but if you are looking for an emotional connection between the characters beyond just lust, then I suggest reading other books.
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