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Bite Me
Consumed by the need to feed...
After an out-of-control spell triggers the zombie apocalypse, Lizzy Addams is left in the ruins of Chicago with only the slightly unhinged commentary—and endless erotic appetites—of her inner demon for company. Her blood supply dwindling, she is forced to find survivors to feed from, or die trying.
Officer Angela Kinney was on duty when hungry corpses overwhelmed the city. The survivors look to her for leadership, but nothing prepared her for a beautiful monster who offers safety in exchange for blood.
Sean MacMillan never expected to see Lizzy again after she rejected his attempts to lure her back to the vampire fold. But with his flock threatened by the horde and his murderous vampire brother, Lizzy is the only one he can trust to keep them safe.
The veil of secrecy shrouding the supernatural world torn apart, humanity’s only hope is to forge an alliance with vampires, werewolves, and things that go bump in the night.
Though accepting their aid could be a devil’s bargain that puts humans at the bottom of the food chain.
Warning: Contains vampire orgies, angsty demon sex, a frisky lesbian werewolf, light kink, and enough sex toys to start a store.
After an out-of-control spell triggers the zombie apocalypse, Lizzy Addams is left in the ruins of Chicago with only the slightly unhinged commentary—and endless erotic appetites—of her inner demon for company. Her blood supply dwindling, she is forced to find survivors to feed from, or die trying.
Officer Angela Kinney was on duty when hungry corpses overwhelmed the city. The survivors look to her for leadership, but nothing prepared her for a beautiful monster who offers safety in exchange for blood.
Sean MacMillan never expected to see Lizzy again after she rejected his attempts to lure her back to the vampire fold. But with his flock threatened by the horde and his murderous vampire brother, Lizzy is the only one he can trust to keep them safe.
The veil of secrecy shrouding the supernatural world torn apart, humanity’s only hope is to forge an alliance with vampires, werewolves, and things that go bump in the night.
Though accepting their aid could be a devil’s bargain that puts humans at the bottom of the food chain.
Warning: Contains vampire orgies, angsty demon sex, a frisky lesbian werewolf, light kink, and enough sex toys to start a store.
270 pages, Paperback
First published March 17, 2015
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Robyn Bachar
22 books296 followersRobyn Bachar writes romance with swords, sorcery and spaceships. Bachar's novels feature action and adventure, danger and suspense, found families and happily ever afters. Her books have finaled twice in the PRISM Contest for Published Authors, twice in the Passionate Plume Contest, and twice in the EPIC eBook Awards.
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July 11, 2020
I normally am not the biggest fan of apocalyptic romance (they tend to be grim and depressing), but I think this book worked for me for the same reason that the Kate Daniels series does: no matter how terrible the world is, the dialogue is so funny that I tend to forget the hopelessness of the situation. I'm drawn more to humor than I am to pessimism. This book also has found family, which is absolutely my favorite thing in the world.
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October 8, 2023
Trigger & Content Warnings
Racism & racial slur
Rape recounted & off-page
Child sexual abuse by a stepfather resulting in pregnancy mentioned (secondary character)
Sex work mentioned
Emotional sibling abuse
Blood & gore depiction including body horror and blood-drinking
Physical injury & scar
Death of a mother from childbirth recounted
Murder & attempted murder
Physical assault
Stalking
Racism & racial slur
Rape recounted & off-page
Child sexual abuse by a stepfather resulting in pregnancy mentioned (secondary character)
Sex work mentioned
Emotional sibling abuse
Blood & gore depiction including body horror and blood-drinking
Physical injury & scar
Death of a mother from childbirth recounted
Murder & attempted murder
Physical assault
Stalking
February 5, 2019
Awesome! I bought this after it was highly recommended on Twitter, even though apocalypse and zombies are not my thing. IT WAS SO GOOD.
Feminist AF too. Plus there’s an f/f romance woven in with a sweet m/f backstory romance. And truly the best dressed vampire ever.
Trigger warning for past rape which is offstage but the fall out is still present.
Definitely reading more of this author now.
Feminist AF too. Plus there’s an f/f romance woven in with a sweet m/f backstory romance. And truly the best dressed vampire ever.
Trigger warning for past rape which is offstage but the fall out is still present.
Definitely reading more of this author now.
January 7, 2019
An amazing post-apocalypse adventure with heart
This book is totally underrated. There are so many people to root for, so many things to cheer about. Someone did something to mess up humanity, and the night is full of zombies. Vampires, werewolves, and humans all have to come together not only to survive, but thrive.
of the things I really enjoyed about this book was that consent was needed it for everything. The main characters went through hell and consent was not valued. This book handled those tragedies with care.
This book had a lot of different relationships in it. I loved it.
If you enjoy adventure, romance, happily ever after, and watching a society rebuild, then I believe that you would really enjoy this book.
This book is totally underrated. There are so many people to root for, so many things to cheer about. Someone did something to mess up humanity, and the night is full of zombies. Vampires, werewolves, and humans all have to come together not only to survive, but thrive.
of the things I really enjoyed about this book was that consent was needed it for everything. The main characters went through hell and consent was not valued. This book handled those tragedies with care.
This book had a lot of different relationships in it. I loved it.
If you enjoy adventure, romance, happily ever after, and watching a society rebuild, then I believe that you would really enjoy this book.
September 18, 2023
I don’t really know what to say about this apocalyptic paranormal romance with zombies. Lizzy is a snarky vampire with a sense of humor who is trying to do right by human survivors but she also needs fresh blood now that blood banks can no longer be operated due to the lack of electricity. There’s an interesting found family element when she rescues Angela and the humans she was helping and brings them to her secure home. And then she reconnects with vampire Sean when he and his flock need rescuing too. While Lizzy and Angela have their own relationship, Lizzy forms a hinge with Sean and any of his flock members who are interested. The evolution into a polyamorous relationship takes a backseat to all the action of the plot, which mostly revolves around Philippe, who has been stalking Lizzy and wants to bring her back to their Master. Plus, there’s an alliance with werewolves and they all have to keep the zombies at bay.
That was all fine and good but there were some very strange world-building choices, like how the vampires all have a demon inside of them. Lizzy technically has a succubus inside of her named Elizabeth who is much more sexual and murder-y and she’s always trying to keep her tamped down. The main arc is Lizzy and Elizabeth making peace with each other, which is fine but all their conversations and the degree of inner demon stuff could be off-putting. I also found the way race was handled to be on the clunky side. The romances got a bit lost to the machinations of the plot and Lizzy and Angela were very instalove. I wish we’d gotten more of the humor from the beginning throughout to help balance everything out.
Characters: Lizzy is a 295 year old (appears 22) bisexual white British vampire, succubus, and animal rescue organization owner. Her demon/alterego is Elizabeth. Angela is a 30 year old lesbian Black cop and ex-Army. Sean is an 89 year old bisexual white vampire and composer. He has several women in his flock. Lizzy and Angela are together and Lizzy and Sean are together. This is set in Chicago.
Content notes: past rape by vampire Master (FMC and MMC), past sexual abuse of secondary character by stepfather (pregnancy resulted; her mother did not believe her), off page rape (secondary character), emotionally abusive brother, zombies, necromancy, stalker, abducted secondary characters and children, imprisonment (secondary characters), murder, attempted murder, physical assault, decapitations, body horror, gore, blood drinking, racism, racial slur, bierasure, misogyny, leg wound, lacerations, guns, past military, scar from past shooting, FMC’s alterego does porn, secondary character in recovery, pregnant secondary character, FMC worked on a plantation as a maid when she came to the US, past death of FMC’s parents (mom died in childbirth having her), body commentary, on page sex, blood orgy, bondage, sensory play (blindfold, nipple clamps), sex toys, virginity misinformation, p-in-v sex is the only “real” sex, casual ableism, STD stigma, gendered pejoratives, gender essentialism, ableist language, non-Native use of “powwow”, Harry Potter references, sex compared to addiction
*Love it or Leighve it* (aka cleaning out my Kindle)
Purchased: 2018
Why did I buy it? I am a simple woman with simple needs: I was told it was FFM paranormal romance.
That was all fine and good but there were some very strange world-building choices, like how the vampires all have a demon inside of them. Lizzy technically has a succubus inside of her named Elizabeth who is much more sexual and murder-y and she’s always trying to keep her tamped down. The main arc is Lizzy and Elizabeth making peace with each other, which is fine but all their conversations and the degree of inner demon stuff could be off-putting. I also found the way race was handled to be on the clunky side. The romances got a bit lost to the machinations of the plot and Lizzy and Angela were very instalove. I wish we’d gotten more of the humor from the beginning throughout to help balance everything out.
Characters: Lizzy is a 295 year old (appears 22) bisexual white British vampire, succubus, and animal rescue organization owner. Her demon/alterego is Elizabeth. Angela is a 30 year old lesbian Black cop and ex-Army. Sean is an 89 year old bisexual white vampire and composer. He has several women in his flock. Lizzy and Angela are together and Lizzy and Sean are together. This is set in Chicago.
Content notes: past rape by vampire Master (FMC and MMC), past sexual abuse of secondary character by stepfather (pregnancy resulted; her mother did not believe her), off page rape (secondary character), emotionally abusive brother, zombies, necromancy, stalker, abducted secondary characters and children, imprisonment (secondary characters), murder, attempted murder, physical assault, decapitations, body horror, gore, blood drinking, racism, racial slur, bierasure, misogyny, leg wound, lacerations, guns, past military, scar from past shooting, FMC’s alterego does porn, secondary character in recovery, pregnant secondary character, FMC worked on a plantation as a maid when she came to the US, past death of FMC’s parents (mom died in childbirth having her), body commentary, on page sex, blood orgy, bondage, sensory play (blindfold, nipple clamps), sex toys, virginity misinformation, p-in-v sex is the only “real” sex, casual ableism, STD stigma, gendered pejoratives, gender essentialism, ableist language, non-Native use of “powwow”, Harry Potter references, sex compared to addiction
*Love it or Leighve it* (aka cleaning out my Kindle)
Purchased: 2018
Why did I buy it? I am a simple woman with simple needs: I was told it was FFM paranormal romance.
May 17, 2023
Urban fantasy apocalypse with zombies
Fast paced with interesting world building and good characters.
It could really do with some content warnings, so please seek those out. This is a violent book, including some pretty detailed sexual violence and revenge.
It very much reads like the first book of a series, but the ending is pretty satisfying. A second book has never come out.
Today it always annoys me when books play with three stupid alpha wolf nonsense, but I'm guessing it wasn't common knowledge in 2015, that it's very much nonsense.
The sex scenes are spicy but not all that detailed. I personally would have liked them a little more detailed.
This is a sex positive story with LGBTQ characters and polyamori.
Fast paced with interesting world building and good characters.
It could really do with some content warnings, so please seek those out. This is a violent book, including some pretty detailed sexual violence and revenge.
It very much reads like the first book of a series, but the ending is pretty satisfying. A second book has never come out.
Today it always annoys me when books play with three stupid alpha wolf nonsense, but I'm guessing it wasn't common knowledge in 2015, that it's very much nonsense.
The sex scenes are spicy but not all that detailed. I personally would have liked them a little more detailed.
This is a sex positive story with LGBTQ characters and polyamori.
May 3, 2019
A succubus and her girlfriend at the end of the world
I really, really liked this book. It's a smart, fun, solid read with actual smart combat scenes instead of wanabe poser macho stuff. It knows about sex and being bisexual and complex relationships and it's awesome all the way around.
There is only *one* line in the whole book that throws me off, and it's minor.
I really, really liked this book. It's a smart, fun, solid read with actual smart combat scenes instead of wanabe poser macho stuff. It knows about sex and being bisexual and complex relationships and it's awesome all the way around.
There is only *one* line in the whole book that throws me off, and it's minor.
May 8, 2020
I liked it. Very fast moving, but things got done. A little bit talk-y, but there was a lot of explanation that needed to happen, so I’m okay with it. It’s the most pc apocalypse I’ve ever heard of.
April 11, 2015
Previously reviewed on The Good, The Bad, and The Unread:
Normally I shy away from urban fantasies in which either vampires or werewolves are the main protagonists, but the blurb of this one with its promise of both lesbian and multi-ethnic central characters made the book sound too enticing to pass up. I was also heartened by the indications given in various places on the web that the novel is a stand-alone story rather than the first in a new series. And really, who wants to miss out on watching the zombie apocalypse? From a safe distance, obviously.
Lizzy, the vampire protagonist, has been around for longer than the US has been an independent country. After suffering many decades of abuse by the vampire who created her – and his various male followers – she escaped to Chicago and began building a life as a philanthropist and animal rescue services employee (actually it’s her own charity that she worked for but the whole not going out in daylight thing meant her keeping a low profile where fundraising and publicity was concerned). When almost all the humans in Chicago and beyond are suddenly struck down by a spell that raises the dead and turns the living to zombies after they in turn get bitten, Lizzy takes refuge in the tower block that housed her charity (amongst other organisations) and starts tracking down any remaining human survivors (both as a supply of food now the blood banks are no more, and because she does actually like people).
Angela is one of those survivors and was a cop before the collapse of civilisation. She mistrusts Lizzy at first, in spite of their mutual attraction, but realises there are no better options for her and the people she’s been trying to protect. To increase their numbers further, Lizzy and Angela have to join forces with the werewolves – traditional enemies of vampires but subject to a long-term truce with Lizzy – and with one of the two other vampires in the area.
Sean, like Lizzy, escaped from their master after years of abuse, and has also spent the time between then and the apocalypse in charitable work – this time in supporting artists and musicians. He brings his ‘flock’ of humans with him – the people who have willingly joined his household, unlike the captives held by a lot of vampires in this world, and he helps Lizzy and the others defend themselves not just against the zombies but also against the third (not so appealing) vampire in town.
I like that very little in this book is explained by ‘science’ (I find most of the pseudoscientific explanations for paranormal events highly implausible) but is mostly put down to the effects of magic, or demons, or to some other unknown force of which the characters have little understanding. Lizzy is drawn to both Angela and Sean, and a lot of the romance plot revolves around the characters working out how to deal with that attraction in light of the various changes that take place as they fight the zombies and attempt to find a better way to live in a post-apocalyptic world.
I’d like to know more about everyone in this story – background characters included, but I think it also works perfectly on its own with no definite need for sequels. I need to catch up with my backlog of other books from the author as soon as I can.
Normally I shy away from urban fantasies in which either vampires or werewolves are the main protagonists, but the blurb of this one with its promise of both lesbian and multi-ethnic central characters made the book sound too enticing to pass up. I was also heartened by the indications given in various places on the web that the novel is a stand-alone story rather than the first in a new series. And really, who wants to miss out on watching the zombie apocalypse? From a safe distance, obviously.
Lizzy, the vampire protagonist, has been around for longer than the US has been an independent country. After suffering many decades of abuse by the vampire who created her – and his various male followers – she escaped to Chicago and began building a life as a philanthropist and animal rescue services employee (actually it’s her own charity that she worked for but the whole not going out in daylight thing meant her keeping a low profile where fundraising and publicity was concerned). When almost all the humans in Chicago and beyond are suddenly struck down by a spell that raises the dead and turns the living to zombies after they in turn get bitten, Lizzy takes refuge in the tower block that housed her charity (amongst other organisations) and starts tracking down any remaining human survivors (both as a supply of food now the blood banks are no more, and because she does actually like people).
Angela is one of those survivors and was a cop before the collapse of civilisation. She mistrusts Lizzy at first, in spite of their mutual attraction, but realises there are no better options for her and the people she’s been trying to protect. To increase their numbers further, Lizzy and Angela have to join forces with the werewolves – traditional enemies of vampires but subject to a long-term truce with Lizzy – and with one of the two other vampires in the area.
Sean, like Lizzy, escaped from their master after years of abuse, and has also spent the time between then and the apocalypse in charitable work – this time in supporting artists and musicians. He brings his ‘flock’ of humans with him – the people who have willingly joined his household, unlike the captives held by a lot of vampires in this world, and he helps Lizzy and the others defend themselves not just against the zombies but also against the third (not so appealing) vampire in town.
I like that very little in this book is explained by ‘science’ (I find most of the pseudoscientific explanations for paranormal events highly implausible) but is mostly put down to the effects of magic, or demons, or to some other unknown force of which the characters have little understanding. Lizzy is drawn to both Angela and Sean, and a lot of the romance plot revolves around the characters working out how to deal with that attraction in light of the various changes that take place as they fight the zombies and attempt to find a better way to live in a post-apocalyptic world.
I’d like to know more about everyone in this story – background characters included, but I think it also works perfectly on its own with no definite need for sequels. I need to catch up with my backlog of other books from the author as soon as I can.
March 9, 2015
Bite Me by Robyn Bachar stars the very colourful Lizzie Adams, a vampire whose body houses a demon succubus that she calls Elizabeth.
When a spell causes the apocalypse and an army of zombies hit the city, Lizzie finds herself running low on food. She ventures out into the city and manages to save a few humans including Officer Angela Kinney, who Lizzie finds herself drawn to.
This was a highly enjoyable book with an equal dose of humor, horror and the supernatural. Lizzie is a great character who despite being a demon of sorts is still a likeable character. I would definitely recommend this book and can't wait to read more of the authors work.
When a spell causes the apocalypse and an army of zombies hit the city, Lizzie finds herself running low on food. She ventures out into the city and manages to save a few humans including Officer Angela Kinney, who Lizzie finds herself drawn to.
This was a highly enjoyable book with an equal dose of humor, horror and the supernatural. Lizzie is a great character who despite being a demon of sorts is still a likeable character. I would definitely recommend this book and can't wait to read more of the authors work.
April 7, 2015
I absolutely loved this fascinating tale. Lizzy is an unbelievable character that I enjoyed reading about. She is strong yet has a sensitive, so quirky yet dangerous. A zombie apocalypse has destroyed her food source, the blood bank, so now she must help humans in an attempt to find a willing blood donor. This book had me eagerly turning the pages to find out how Lizzy handles both human survivors as well as her inner demon, Elizabeth. The storyline is so fun and enjoyable that I didn't want the book to end. I am looking forward to reading more stories from this very talented author and highly recommend lovers of paranormal/dystopian romances check out this wonderful book!
February 28, 2016
Fun read, although there is quite a bit of blood and zombie head popping. Post-apocalyptic in that a virus has turned most humans into zombies, but the basic infrastructure hasn't been affected as far as we know. The power grid is off, but we don't know if it's just down or completely destroyed. Will be interesting to see what happens next.
April 23, 2019
Bite Me by Robyn Bachar (polyam f/f, erom, post-apocalyptic PNR)SuccubusVamp Lizzie needs a new source of blood when a Zombie wave overruns Chicago. Before long she she is working with a crew of human survivors & werewolves. Funny, consent driven(CW: past sexual trauma) #bkbrk
did-not-finish
September 16, 2018DNF at 20%
I liked the concept, (we're several years past the zombie trend now, so I'm not quite as burned out on it as I would have been if I'd read this when it came out), and I was looking forward to a f/f/m triad because I just haven't seen many of them. But, the main vampire character, Lizzie, despite immigrating to America a few centuries prior to the start of the book, seems really culturally unaware. And ... meh. Sorry, but when a book is in 1st person POV and that person is basically a blob of vanilla pudding, not even magical hijinks can save it for me.
I liked the concept, (we're several years past the zombie trend now, so I'm not quite as burned out on it as I would have been if I'd read this when it came out), and I was looking forward to a f/f/m triad because I just haven't seen many of them. But, the main vampire character, Lizzie, despite immigrating to America a few centuries prior to the start of the book, seems really culturally unaware. And ... meh. Sorry, but when a book is in 1st person POV and that person is basically a blob of vanilla pudding, not even magical hijinks can save it for me.
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