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Finding Home: Claimed by the Vampire Alpha

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Calder is at the end of his rope.

Sold by his childhood alpha to a monster who keeps him in chains and forces him to fight for the amusement of humans, he doesn't expect to last much longer.

When a vampire attacks--lethal, ruthless and impossibly handsome--Calder accepts that his nightmare of a life is over.

But the vampire doesn't kill him, and Calder is offered a choice. Go back to his chains, or let the terrifying vampire claim him for his own...

(This 75k word MMM paranormal romance novel features a dominant werewolf and his vampire alpha, and the magical man they both set their sights on. This book contains BDSM, leather kink and plenty of hot rough sex. It has a HEA.)

326 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 21, 2020

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D.J. Heart

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Hello, my name is D.J. Heart. I write erotic gay fiction, usually with a bdsm twist, featuring dominant gay men and the twinks who love them. I hope you all enjoy my stories!

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128 reviews17 followers
September 28, 2020
I got bored halfway. Not entirely bad but not good either. Shallow with kinky sex and claiming and owning and dominance and submission.... don't know... maybe, I'm not in the mood hahaha...
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2,909 reviews101 followers
May 30, 2020
I’m a big fan of D.J. Heart. I love his super butch alpha males and their submissive boys. This book certainly has that with Calder, Max and Einer. The story is excellent. My only complaint is there wasn’t enough sex. Usually his books have more and he keeps it fresh and not repetitive. It’s still a good read.
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2,468 reviews
June 1, 2020
Einar's flock

4 solid stars

Leather, dirty talk, D/s relationship and paranormal shifters, D.J. Heart has it all in this book. I enjoyed this MMM book. It worked well for my Vampire fix that I've had for a couple of days.
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560 reviews75 followers
September 11, 2022
The good
+ Einar's possessiveness
+ Einar wanting to dominate, but only with willing subs
+ Einar and Calder finding their own balance
+ No jealousy when they decide they want Max
+ Calder's overexcited puppy personality
+ Einar never making any of his flock members feel like they're 'less than', just because he's the most powerful or the master/alpha
+ Aftercare. So sweet!
+ Max and Calder both being completely content with their 'place' in the flock/pack
+ Grete
+ Compliments and expression of all feelings

The neutral
o I understand why Grete's perspective was used when it happened the first time, but I generally don't appreciate books having a chapter fromt he POV of someone who's not a main character
o No safewords or ability to safeword, although Einar was right when he mentioned he could probably feel when they went too far

The bad
- The epilogue containing Grete's perspective
- I wanted more time with Calder in wolf form
- No love declarations to Max :(

Quotes
x "Flocks are friends, not food."


This book was just adorable. I really liked their dynamics, and the love between them. Even Grete was clearly loved by everyone in the pack/flock, and I hope she finds her own HEA someday. I would recommend this book for sure when you just need some possessive, murdery, but still adorably cute vampire shenanigans.
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654 reviews10 followers
May 26, 2020
I was given an ARC to provide an honest review-blah blah blah. I ended up buying the book instead.

Holy insanity! I absolutely loved it. The main characters just blew me away. Einar is the head of this little pack. He's a pretty ancient vampire who's been out of it for the past decade or so. His right hand woman-Grete lets him know that there's a werewolf pack holding illegal fights in his territory. This is a big no-no obviously. Long story short, Einar finds where they're holding the fights and kills pretty much everyone EXCEPT this poor pathetic excuse for a wolf, Calder, who has been beaten so much and abused and used he's wishing for death. He almost got his wish when Einar finds him in an area separate from the arena. If Calder had been in the arena, he would have been killed. Luckily for us readers, he lives. Einar makes a comment about Calder being a slave for his alpha and it devastates Calder. Werewolves aren't supposed to be slaves to their alphas. They might not have all the freedom in the world, but they're supposed to be treated with some respect. Calder's alpha just wants to make as much money as he possibly can from Calder before Calder either dies from his injuries or the alpha kills him.

Einar claims Calder as pack. We have a vampire as an alpha to a werewolf and not just a master.

Einar claims him and takes him home with him. Einar wants a sub but Calder is far from one. He submits Einar the Alpha but not Einar the person. Calder will do anything that Einar wants but Einar won't force him to do anything he doesn't want to do. This really set the book apart from others in the same genre. It would have been so easy for the author to simply have Einar completely destroy Calder as an individual and keep him a slave like his former alpha. Thank the Gods the author didn't do that! Calder is such a wonderful character that I would have killed me to see him reduced to nothing more than just toy for Einar.

Calder finds his own sub. He and Einar go to a leather clothing store to get some outfits for Calder. We find out that Calder's first boyfriend gave him his first leather jacket and Calder's never forgotten this. It meant so much to him that his last werewolf alpha took it as a means to beat him down even further. Calder is excited about the leather but something else catches his attention. He smells a witch.

Werewolves go crazy over witches. It has something to do with their smell. Calder puts it out of his mind until he goes back to store for more fittings. The witch just happens to be in the store delivering a package during one of the fittings. Calder nearly loses it.

This is another part of the book where the author could have given in and just have Calder molest the poor witch. Calder runs out of the store chasing the witch who is now freaking out about the fact that a nearly seven foot tall werewolf is after him. Calder shows his true self.

He picks up the much smaller man and just inhales his scent. Flips the witch, Max, upside down and starts sniffing his crotch. Max freaks. He tells Calder to put him down when Calder does without hesitation. Calder tells Max that he can stay in Einar's territory but Max doesn't believe him. He runs. He runs his delivery van into a light post going 50 MPH.

In this world, supernatural creatures are out to humans. Human laws don't govern them. Max, being a witch, can't be forced to go to a human hospital. His magic is so weak though, he can't produce anything to convince the EMTs taking him to the hospital that he is a witch.

Einar goes to the hospital and claims Max. He tells Max that he wants Max to join his pack and be a sexual sub for both himself and Calder. Max agrees to join the pack but not to be some sort of sexual plaything. Not yet at least.

We get our happily ever after after a big of angst. It wasn't what I expected. I thought that Max would have some burst of power and he'd be this strong witch but that didn't happen. Instead, they found out the hard way that Calder's former alpha still had a claim on Calder. That's eventually sorted and everyone lives happily ever after.

The characters are fabulous. We have Einar who is this big bad vamp coming back to the world after ten years in some sort of supernatural funk. He wants what's best for his little family and will do anything to get it. He's snarky which I love. He allows Grete to tell him when he's wrong and to basically calm the heck down. She's fond of throwing pillows at him.

Calder is nothing more than a big puppy at times. He wants to belong to his pack. He lives for approval. He's such a sweet character who's nearly seven foot tall, huge package, and muscles on top of muscles. He's a sex god who wants his belly rubbed in between bondage sessions.

Max is a mess but in a good way. He wants to be Einar and Calder's sex toy but doesn't really want them to know that. He's a bit wary of the whole thing but when it comes down to it, he wants to belong to the pack just as much as the others do. He chastises Calder a lot when Calder invades his space. Calder backs down and apologizes and tries to figure out other ways to get what he wants from Max. Calder isn't just another pretty face. He has brains.

There are some really hilarious moments in the book. There were parts that made me laugh out loud. I might be a bit twisted for laughing at some parts but oh well.

The sex scenes were off the charts! They weren't extremely dark or extremely romantic. These guys wanted to screw and screw they did. However, you could feel the love along with the lust. I'm not sure if this is a trope or not, but Max is much smaller than either Einar or Calder. They have a size kink thing going. Einar tells Max that he wants to roll Max up in a ball and bounce Max off of his manhood-my word not the authors.

After all the garbage I've read lately, this is such a welcomed relief! Loved the humor, the sex, the plot, the characters, and even the little bit of fluff that the author snuck in. Highly recommend this!
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2,328 reviews14 followers
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July 3, 2020
rating: dnf

I quit 60% in. It wasn't that it was a bad book. On the contrary there were parts that I really liked. It wasn't anything like I was expecting. I was expecting it to be way darker than it was so I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't. I liked how Einar treated the members of his small flock. I loved the interactions between the characters. The main problem was the book starting delving more into the sex portion of the story and I just wasn't interested in it. Once it got past a certain point, there just wasn't enough plot to the story to keep me interested.
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Author 52 books84 followers
November 24, 2021
Nicely done

It's been a while since I read a book by DJ Heart, and I believe after reading this wonderful story I'll need to rectify that mistake. I thoroughly enjoyed this werewolf, vampire, witch MMM story.

KU, paranormal, magic, MMM, death of a side character, LOL, BDSM light, bondage
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430 reviews3 followers
September 19, 2023
An odd book

This was kind of a stinker. There was very little plot, no tension until the last couple chapters, and a lackluster ending. However, the author had no problem injecting sexual innuendo, overt sexual descriptions, or downright graphic sexual acts into every single scene. Ad nauseum. The idea of an old vampire resurrecting his clan with a werewolf and a witch by his side as his chosen "family" had promise, but the author chose to use them simply to carry out their dominant/submissive fantasies. This could have been a much more interesting story if the reliance on sexual situations wasn't the core of the novel.
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3,575 reviews
June 4, 2020
The MMM menage was similar to Evan's Alpha's - 2 doms, one subservient to the other, and a sub. The vampire alpha's second, a female human, felt out of place. The sex was DJ Heart nasty good.
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692 reviews26 followers
June 13, 2020
DNF 45%. Just wasn't connecting with the 3 MC.
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702 reviews32 followers
September 3, 2020
What did I just read 🤔

Characters ✔️
Sex ✔️
Plot ❌
Character Development ❌

So, while the sex scenes were just okay IMO, it lacked so much everywhere else 😢.
43 reviews1 follower
June 21, 2020
I did not like the book. The storyline and theme were good and author wrote well, and provided good background and depth for the characters which is what allowed me to get through the book which is why I gave it thee stars. I DO NOT LIKE M/M/M stories! just that simple. If I had realized the story was a threesome, I never would have picked it up.
492 reviews3 followers
May 28, 2020
Painfully Amazing!

D.J. Heart has the unique ability to spin rough, dominating sexcapades into gushy love stories sometimes and THIS is the best one yet.

Set in the same universe as the whatever it takes books, (this is kind of a spin of almost? But not quite?) the world building is big enough that you understand the dynamics but not overwhelming. The characters are deep and interesting. I want more from them so badly! I hope maybe a sequel? That's be awesome. The romance between the 3 MCs feels real. It's not just rough sexy sex. Seeing them interact with each other outside the bedroom is sweet and cute and amazing and surprisingly hilarious.

Really hoping there will be at least a sequel, honestly this might be my new favorite d.j. Heart book.

***Edited after 2nd reading in 24 hours***
Okay, this is DEFINITELY my new favorite d.j. heart book. I loved these guys so much.

Calder is such a sweetie that when he goes all dominating it just makes it more intense. You go in 5 seconds from wanting to give him a hug cause hes adorable to hanging onto something so he can get some. Max was fun. He had been through alot but the way he opens up to calder and einar is awesome. Then there is einar. Holy crap. He is so intense it is ridiculous. He is also hilarious and sweet and protective.

I needed more of these 3 almost immediately which is why i started re-reading a few hours after finishing it the first time. D.J. Heart took this book about a thousand times farther than usual in all the best ways.

This book is the perfect combination of a great plot, amazing characters, and hotter than hell sex. I can see re-reading this a dozen more times.
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517 reviews
July 15, 2020
DNF @61%

This has been 61% of way too many detailed scenes that are useless (we get so many details of showers and characters peeing and eating), too many descriptions of things that are useless, 3 main characters that I care absolutely nothing for, a glimpse of what could be a great plot but it’s never fleshed out (at least up until 61%. I enjoy my smut with some plot), the whole Calder (werewolf) being sold and made to fight was glossed over big time (I would expect for him to be a bit more traumatized or jumpy but nope... he is just horny 99.9% of the time), Einar (vampire) is just... there and Max (witch) is as fun as watching paint dry. He has sort of a backstory for 61% that wasn’t properly explained nor fleshed out. I have a feeling it’s going to be explained right when the book is ending, badly done and fast.

And now into my category of Female Characters In M/M Books: The only female character is put into a box of caretaker, cook and cleaner (She is turned into the pack’s mom basically) and, so far, never removed from it. The author and main characters tells us that she can be a badass but it’s never explicitly shown (61% in at least).

If you only want smut (and I can’t tell you if it’s even good smut since I DNF right at the moment where the smut was properly starting) then this book is for you.
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133 reviews1 follower
August 15, 2020
I gave this two stars because the author can obviously write. The command of English, the dialogue, vocabulary, all the technical stuff is good. However, this novel simply didn't cut it for me. First, underlying the story are a few raunchy, lengthy sex scenes that involve abuse and submission. If you're into this, great, I'm not. Had I been warned about this aspect of the book, I would never have read it. Second, the characters didn't click with me. The werewolf has a four year college education and appears to be a dumb as a stump. He was kidnapped, told that his alpha had sold him to his "new alpha" and bought into it. It doesn't work that way in this fantasy world which is borrowed, it wasn't created by this author. Werewolf bonds can't be broken simply because someone makes up a story. Third, no unanchored witch survives for years without being caught by a witcheater unless they are brilliant. That doesn't appear too be the case in this story. Finally, massively hunky vampires and werewolves don't fall for twinky little poorly endowed witches without an explanation. This story needed a lot more development to make the relationships believable. As a result, we have a story that just never worked for me.
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435 reviews
April 30, 2023
Finding Home: Claimed by the Vampire Alpha by D. J. Heart: Adult erotic urban paranormal fantasy. Flock. Found Family. Multiples POV. Poly MMM. Kinky. Rescue themes. Vampires. Werewolves. Witches. Backass Humans. Mild Slavery themes. Home.

So I've honestly just been reading D J Heart's books for the unusual sex scenes, skipping until a scene popped up and then flipping to the next one, but I didn't do that with this one.

This is the best book I've read of Hearts. For the start the characters draw you in and make you want them to be happy and succeed. They're likeable, honorable, warm and they each have a bit of If-any-one-hurts-you-I'll-kill-them-all in it. I particularly loved Grete's character. She's a strong female character, she's not involved in the romance and she is a badass. She's smart and manipulative. She's friendly and loves her family, but beware everyone else, she's ruthless.

I honestly liked Einer, the vampire alpha. He's protective of his flock and while kinky, he did not give me dubcon vibes like so many other of DJ Heart's other alpha characters, and he was very clear about giving consent. He was also very big on the family and only taking the love that people were willing to give and not overstepping or forcing boundaries. He's a forgiving, caring and responsible leader with a kinky obsession.

Calder, the werewolf, was adorable if not a bit handsy with Max, the witch. The scene Einer rescues him from the life of a slave in the fighting pits, offering him a place in his flock, sold me on this book and the characters. It made me want to slow down and see what happened to them. My favourite part about Calder was his platonic relationship with Grete and how he liked providing for his new pack and just being in their presence. Him hunting a deer and her teaching him how to skin it, it was wholesome. It's pretty rare when you discover a book where an author has successfully written an central romantic relationship as well as a platonic one in the same book.

Max was just there being skittish and having sexual fantasies. I did like how he's always been on the run from witcheaters, but now he has this pack who are his family and he has to learn to trust them and that he doesn't have to be scared anymore.

Overall, this book has good character conflict, unique characters, good action and anguish, unexpected twists and turns, kinky explicit sex scenes, and strong found family themes.

How much did I like it? 3 - 4 Stars
Ideas - World Building: 4 Stars
Ideas - Plot: 4 Stars
Character Depth: 4 Stars
Character Interaction: Extensive
Animal Characterisation: Limited.
Warnings: Mild Slavery Themes at start. Explicit consensual sex scenes. Swearing. Mild Violence. Graphic violence off page.
Execution: 5 Stars.
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1,578 reviews1 follower
July 25, 2020
Finding Home is a romantic and kinky book about a Vampire Alpha and his flock. Einar is a vampire who will burn the world down to protect his territory and keep his flock—his family—safe, and Grete, his righthand woman, will be at his side lighting the match. There’s no question to Einar’s dominance and power—he’s ruthless when he needs to be, and he makes no apologies for his actions—but he’s also a romantic and caring partner. When Einar destroys an illegal werewolf fighting ring on his territory, he stumbles across Calder, an enslaved werewolf forced to fight over and over for the entertainment of others. Calder has been beaten, both physically and emotionally, and is at the end of his rope. Einar rescues Calder and soon the two men fall in love. Calder is completely devoted to his Vampire Alpha who in turn dotes on Calder. The only issue is that both Einar and Calder are dominant in bed. They find a compromise that works for them both, but there’s still something missing.

Then one day Calder finds Max, a witch with minor powers who’s trying to stay alive despite the danger of powerful witcheaters all around him. With a little bit of coercion, Max finds himself part of Einar’s flock with both Einar and Calder determined to seduce him. This is when some of the most incredibly hot and kinky sex scenes occur. D.J. Heart is the master at sex scenes. He infuses them with intense emotions while also showcasing some of the hottest kink and BDSM scenes I have ever read. Power play, bondage, leather, penetration, and size kink are heavily featured within this book. The relationship between the three men soon grows and it’s sweet to see how they compromise and respect each other. Max’s limits are taken into consideration and respected. It’s easy to see that their relationship is beyond just sex but also deeper. There were also a few worldbuilding elements, like witcheaters, that reminded me of D.J. Heart’s Whatever It Takes series, and I wonder if this book is set in that universe.

I absolutely loved this entire book. I loved the story premise, the character development (including Grete), the action and excitement, the romance, and of course, all the hot, steamy sex scenes that made my toes curl with delight. This book features a wide variety of kinks as well as a polyamorous relationship with two dominant men and one submissive man. I definitely recommend this book.
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1,713 reviews8 followers
May 27, 2020
I loved it!

D.J. Heart has done it again. I loved reading Finding home. I couldn't put it down. Einar is a vampire that has recently awaken to find werewolves had encroached on his territory. After taking care of them all except for the werewolf in the cage, he invited Calder to become part of his flock. He agreed and Einar becomes his new alpha. Einar reminds me of an uber alpha and Calder, although he has some submissive tendencies, is also very much an alpha, and Einar will never force him to bottom against his will. So they need to find a submissive bottom to complete their triad. Calder loved wearing leather and while being fitted for a new pair of leather boots he smells the most enticing scent and realizes that it's coming from the delivery guy, who happens to be a witch. Max hasn't had an easy life so far. He doesn't have a lot of power for being a witch, and he is super careful about the new town that he moved to. As far as he could tell, it didn't have a werewolf pack, a coven of witches, or the territory of a vampire. Imagine his surprise to find a werewolf at one of the shops he delivered to and that his alpha is a vampire. Einar gives Max two choices. Either become part of his flock and be safe for the rest of his life from other witches that are trying to eat him and take his limited power of he can leave the town. Max decided to be part of the flock. And to a werewolf a witch is like catnip to a cat. Irresistible. But Max takes a little while to warm up to Calder and Einar makes sure that Calder doesn't over step himself. I loved the chemistry between the three. The last person in the flock is Grete. She is human and has been with Einar for a really long time and is his second in command. She doesn't have any romantic interest in anyone in the flock but she is there if they need her. She was a nice supporting character but she sometimes didn't get as much attention as the rest of the flock. I kind of felt the ending was a way of trying to make up for that but it kind of left the ending feeling like it ends abruptly. It still wasn't enough to make me give the story less than five stars. I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book.I bought this book because I loved it so much.
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May 31, 2020
I stopped reading the book description once I reached the parentheses, so I didn’t realize there were more than two main characters and that the focus was BDSM before reading the book. I probably would not have picked it if I realized the focus was BDSM - particularly the type of BDSM that focus on “being used.” It’s hard for me to relate with wanting to be used or enjoying using someone. I hadn’t known penis gags existed, so I guess I learned something new from this book :P.

Even though this book is not my type of kink, and there was definitely enough graphic description to label it erotica, it had a storyline and an HEA. I don’t regret reading it - but I have no clue how to rate it ... and i won’t be re-reading it.
Interpersonal:
I was confused with how the relationships worked, and especially how Grete fit in. I finally decided to label her Einar’s sister just to fit her into a framework I understood (she’s not his sister and it is in no way implied, I just couldn’t figure out how to deal with her character otherwise. She takes care of Einar like a personal assistant. But they have lived together for centuries, and have a close personal relationship that is seems to be based on mutual respect and is not sexual, romantic, motherly, or fatherly. It was hard for me to understand their interactions or her motivation without assigning a sister-like relationship to her).
Storyline:
The crisis points and world building were sparse. They are a vague sketch that allows for the characters to be introduced to each other and explain the willingness of the characters to get so quickly involved ... and nothing more than a mechanism for the connecting of the characters.
Characters:
They don’t develop, and they are fairly unidimensional... but not totally stereotypical. For example, Calder is essentially a puppy - but though he is submissive to his alpha, he isn’t actually submissive. Also, though Grete is kinda a sidebar character that mostly just makes things easier for the other characters- she is presented as a strong, independent, and confident woman ... not just an assistant or an adoring follower.
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816 reviews8 followers
October 17, 2023
Too bad I can't add half stars. This is a solid 3.4.

The description says 75k word, 300 page book. But 75k words is actually 150 pages printed. So a fairly quick read.

You start right in the middle of an action scene. Calder is a wolf shifter who has been forced by his alpha to fight in the pits for money and entertainment. He's treated like a slave, collared and barely kept alive. Einar is a very powerful vampire who has been in a funk as of late. He's been sort of only half existing in this world for the last decade. Something that can happen to older vampires if they are not grounded in the present. He finally snaps to when he catches wind of illegal wolf fights in his territory.

####Spoilers ahead###



Einar crashes the wolf fight and kills everyone. Almost. Calder has heard, and worse yet, smelled the whole event from his cage where he is collared and chained. He thinks for sure he is dead meat, but Einar takes one look at him and knows he's been abused. Calder is a victim, not a willing fighter. And so starts their love affair with Einar saving Calder and spending weeks pampering him. But both Einar and Calder are dom tops, so they can only take so much pleasure from each other. Einar wants Calder happy. He doesn't want his wolf to leave. But luckily a sweet twink bottom falls right in both their laps.

There isn't one aspect of the story I didn't like. Einar, for being the rescuer, it actually quite the a$$hole and has a dark past where he wasn't so nice. Calder is fun, although at times he acts more juvenile than his mid twenties. Max is sweet but sassy. I also like how the author made him older, more mature than Calder. Grete, was also a nice surprise. A strong female character who ends up taking charge and taking care of the threat against them. And I liked the epilogue where it looks like Grete is going to get her happy ending too. The premise was also interesting. One I wish the author explored further in other books. This appears to be a stand alone. The premise being a vampire can cultivate a flock of his own without turning anyone and wolves who need alphas, find that alpha in the vampire.
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47 reviews
October 7, 2020
[Review for 6 October 2020]
Rating (for this read): 3 stars
Overall Recommendation: Recommend with Reservations

This was a cute book about three broken individuals coming together and forming an unbreakable bond. I think it was well-written, with good character development and a decent plot. The one thing I wish it had more of was the storyline behind the lust. I understand that being a werewolf and a vampire comes with a lot of instincts that surround the desire to f**k and claim something, but I wish the underlying plot could've been more of the hero rather than the lust. Other than that, however, this was a cute story and would definitely recommend (with my only reservation that the story's plot is underplayed slightly).

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156 reviews19 followers
April 3, 2024
I fucken love this book!!!!

Calder, my sweet baby, Calder! In the first chapter, I was rooting for this broken gentle giant! I just wanna squish his 7ft frame into a little ball and hold him forever.

When I first saw this book, I thought it was going to be cliche as fuck and be like all the half fast books out there about supernatural creatures. I LOVED how “realistic” this book was (quotations because it’s fantasy, but the writing by Heart made it more real) the way they explained eating, and even using the bathroom, made such a more realistic setting of being involved with the characters. I haven’t seen that in a book in a long time, where the actions and atmosphere were like watching real beings…be.

Ok, now for the smut! The “realistic” (quotations because again it’s supernatural, some stuff doesn’t happen in real life… HELLO WEREWOLF KNOT!). graphic, details that happen during the sex scenes, I was so happy it was included. I hate when they just shove it in, so not accurate!The prep is so much needed for MM sex. Yes, the dominating males have HUGE packages! But, you know what’s nice? The bottom having representation for his little package and getting love for it! Body shaming where!? Love it!


I love how Heart didn’t force Calder & Einar to submit to each other. In a lot of books with dominating males, one of them sometimes bottoms. I love how instead of backing down, they still do stuff together for intimacy but brought in a 3rd party for their dominating needs.

I honestly wish this book was longer or will have more books to it. I would love the backstory to Einar and Grete and Max’s as well.
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1,213 reviews38 followers
June 13, 2022
I picked this book up for one reason, vampires. I have been in the mood for a vampire romance but I have apparently read all the good ones. I figured I would give D.J. Heart a try as I have never read them before. While the story wasn't bad, the characters lacked any connection and depth.

The plot and premises are intriguing. Einar and Calder's unconventional meeting was enough to pull me in. Then they quickly find and add Max, a witch who is terrible at being an actual witch but excellent at surviving. The three of them quickly divulge into a relationship, BDSM, Dom/Sub, you know the vibe. But the problem is, the relationship lacked any depth or substance. They were all practically strangers but there are no conversations of getting to know one another, the whole foundation for their love is shallow and superficial. 

I wanted some heartfelt conversations but after these three get together the plot sort of fizzles and stalls out. I was bored, even the drama with Calder and his past alphas seemed out of place and just an attempt to drag out the story. The sex scenes, while sizzling, didn't fit in the story. The only way I can describe it, is the incorporation of them was not fluid, it was almost as if the author wrote out the 'drama' part of the book first then went back and just injected sex scenes so they don't fit the scene, setting, or mood. Overall, meh I wouldn't pick up D.J. Heart's books again.
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668 reviews39 followers
July 20, 2020
*sigh* I swear I like D. J. Heart

Okay let's make this quick, or at least my version quick. This wasn't a bad book, not by a long shot. It was just...low-key boring. It wasn't as smutty as I was expecting, the pacing was slow making it feel longer than it was (which was already pretty d@mn long), and the darkest part of the whole book with the first chapter. And yes, that's a complaint to me because while I am sure this book is dark to some, to D.J. Heart fans, it had one foot in the pond of light and fluffy.

Were my expectations too high? No because I know what D.J. Heart is capable of and I love him for it. I'm here for the dark, I come for smut. When it's not there, all that remains is a long boring book. And mind you, this book has vampires and werewolves. Even with his artistic interpretation of werewolf and vampire lore, there is a lot that could have been done here. It almost felt like he was holding back. Maybe he was trying to reach a wider audience? Who really knows.

Anyways, while the writing was fine, this was just okay for me. Had the book been cut short or the length been utilized more efficiently I probably would have rated it higher because there were things I did like. Just not Max, he annoyed me. 3 stars because I'm not a bad person for liking dark and smutty books.
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December 8, 2025
Hapit nko gi dnf kay na bored ko. Si Calder kay werewolf nga gi mistreat sa iyang alpha gipa fight sya underground kanang pusta pusta ba. Pero d jud to niya alpha, gi kawat ra sya. Nya si Einar kay vampire nya nag stagnate sya for 10 years pag kahibaw niya naai illegal fighting ring sa iyang territory, nag rampage sya patay tanan except Calder, iyang gi adopt ug nag pack silag ilaha. Ug existing flock ni Einar si Grete nga human. Then d man ma dominate ni Einar si Calder kay dominant man pud sya so ngita sila sub si Max nga witch without a family running from witcheaters (witches nga mangaon ug weaker witches to gain power). Mao to MMM na sila. Nya ang gamay conflict kay gi try bawi sa Calder sa katong nag kawat niya nga alpha, pero napatay ra pud. Anyways mao to. Lingaw ra but meh ra pud.
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