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Maybe a little blood is a fair trade for being wanted...

Vincent hoped the anonymity of college would finally set him free of the outcast, melancholic cloud he'd been living under—but his first party leaves him tucked in a corner, pining for men he can't find the courage to come out to. When the one guy who seeks him out has sharp fangs and an agenda, Vincent finds that vampires scare him far less than loneliness.

This mildly steamy, one-scene short story shows Vincent's first meeting with the alluring but uncomfortably predatory vampire Davis. It takes place four years before the novel How to Bite Your Neighbor and Win a Wager and can be enjoyed on its own or after reading the novel.

13 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 6, 2022

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D.N. Bryn

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D.N. Bryn is a queer, disabled author of speculative fiction and fantasy romance.

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390 reviews19 followers
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May 12, 2023
پایان: ۱۴۰۲/۲/۲۲
وینست رو خیلی دوست دارم ولی اصلا کتابش چیز خاصی نداشت🚶🏻‍♀️🚶🏻‍♀️
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Profile Image for Elena Rodríguez.
1,202 reviews491 followers
June 15, 2024
“What kind of mysterious morally-gray monster do you take me for ?

Mini relato que cuenta un poco como la vida de Vincent antes de ser vampiro, concretamente su etapa universitaria. No ha estado mal. No me esperaba un gran historia, pero me ha gustado y me ha dado un poco de pena porque ya sabemos cómo va acabar en un futuro no muy lejano.
Profile Image for diana.
263 reviews
January 5, 2023
2nd reading - january 2023
in the light of everything i read in the first book, this book turned from "omg toxic vampire bf 💘" into "my poor poor baby vicent". i would like to wrap him in a hug & never let go.


1st reading - november 2022
man, that cover is simply marvelous.
also, apparently toxic relationships with supernatural partners is a type of content i consume now?? why didn't management notify me about this???
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926 reviews16 followers
July 25, 2023
oooo backstory
Profile Image for Victoria ✮⋆˙.
1,112 reviews129 followers
April 5, 2024
I seriously can't get enough of this writing, this world, these characters! I'll read ANYTHING this author puts out!
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592 reviews47 followers
November 7, 2023
I grabbed this for free off Amazon during one of the Kindle promotions based solely on the blurb so I wasn't sure if it was going to be worth a read or not. So glad I did! Even though it's just a short prequel story, it did its job getting me invested enough to read the entire series - which I'm now doing because of how much I enjoyed this.

I'm a sucker (ha!) for vampires and I'm interested in different takes on classic lore. While this short story doesn't really explore that too much, you do get a taste that maybe these vampires are somewhat unique without being totally off the rails.

Note: Even though it's marked as #1.5 in the series, I'd say read this before #1.
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61 reviews1 follower
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February 25, 2025
Found this in my Kindle library. Very short prequel story to a book series I'll maybe read one day
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623 reviews23 followers
October 12, 2024
4.25 stars

Short and sweet. Here, we get more background into Vincent and how he met the vampire, Davis, who used and turned him. There isn't too much going on here, but it's a fun and simple read, and we get more background to Vincent's character, which I liked. Overall, I enjoyed this for the 15 page short story that it is.
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10 reviews19 followers
April 13, 2024
I wish the ending would have explained what happened. What the accident was and how he turned into a vampire. Otherwise it was a good little back story on Vincent. However, I do hope we get that information somewhere in the series.
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59 reviews2 followers
September 14, 2023
“Vincent all the more aware that he lacked whatever made this world feel like home to them.”

now this scene/chapter should have ended up in the final book, it alters the way i perceive vincent completely and is key history to his character.
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2,155 reviews109 followers
December 18, 2023
I'm not an expert here but the original story probably didn't need this little novella in between
It didn't really bring much to the story.
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297 reviews26 followers
December 9, 2025
For a random freebie, it was actually pretty good.
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60 reviews1 follower
March 14, 2023
This was a nice short story that gave more insight into Vincent's backstory and how he feels he was somewhat manipulated into becoming a vampire, as the vampire that turned him didn't respect his boundaries. Although I am now wondering why the increased risk of becoming a vampire when the victim is but by more than one vampire at once wasn't brought up in the book? Also considering how short this was I feel it could've easily just been tacked onto the end of the book, rather than being an online exclusive.
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895 reviews56 followers
June 2, 2024
For such a short piece this was an incredible work. I know that I have the benefit of already knowing this character but I really felt a connection. This was quite emotionally significant in this series.
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146 reviews1 follower
March 17, 2023
This is a review of all the Guides for dating vampires novellas so far

His first bite:
I love hearing about Vincent's backstory and how he came to be a vampire it also cleared up how vampires actually get turned; I thought it would be a vampire diaries situation were the human needs to drink the vampires blood so its odd how Vincent and Wesley never worried about Wesley turning maybe there needs to be more than one vampire? It was an interesting insight in his human life before he turned

Interrogation Tactics:
very cute and fun I love Kendall and her girlfriend and its so fun seeing Vincent getting to meet her!!!

First time predator:
OMFG SPICYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY YES I love all the "vampire related kinks" this series comes up with ITS SO F*CKING GOOD!!!!! like WOW and there such a cute couple i love them so much

Another kind of game:
OMFGGGGG SO SPICY AND SO ADORABLE when they briefly mentioned in book 1 about drinking blood from Wesley's D I thought that id never get to read about it but OMG wow thats hot I LOVE THE RELATIONSHIP SO MUCH its so spicy and so well written it feels like an incredibly well done Ao3 smut fanfic of how to bite your neighbour SO GOOD and the aftercare!! i love how Vincent wants to be genital with Wesley and all Wesley wants is to be h0rn3y lol its such a good dynamic and I'm obsessed with them!!!!!!!!!!
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411 reviews68 followers
December 24, 2024
This is probably be my last book of 2024! This was short and engaging enough, just what I need to wrap up the year I think 😆 I'm looking forward to reading How to Date Your Neighbor and Win a Wager soon/next year, so I think this was a great introduction to the world and the main character Vincent. Have to say, I already find him relatable 😅

Anyway. Happy holidays everyone! This is my last review of 2024! (Literally writing this on Christmas Eve, an hour before midnight 😂

Find me elsewhere: Instagram | Twitter | Blog

Marking this book as part of my reading challenge: #ReadQueerly2024.
Profile Image for sage.
14 reviews
July 10, 2025
This cover is beautiful. As a D.N. Bryn fan, I really wanted a physical copy. Unfortunately it's not really a book; based on what I can tell this short story was only released digitally and has 13 pages.

I expected more of a prequel. This is set four years before the main story, but it didn't add much to the character or overall plot of the first book (how could it with such a short runtime). I already knew Vince was turned at a party by some reckless vampires he didn't know that well. The extra details here really could have been added to any chapter of How to Bite your Neighbor and Win a Wager. So why bother with a short story?

That being said I really enjoyed htbyn, so I was excited to read even a small extension of it. It's pretty good too. not mad at it. just wish it was physical and longer
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Author 10 books3 followers
April 15, 2023
A Very Good Appetizer...

I adore D.N. Bryn's writing, so I had to give even this little storylette a try. As a setup for the background of the main character in the full novel after this one, I think it's great. It gives us a taste of the main character and what he's about, but makes us want more - or at least it does for me, anyway.
I have already purchased the other two novels in this series, because I knew I was going to enjoy it - as I said, I am a huge fan of D.N. Bryn's work. I can definitely say this is a good appetizer for what is to come after it. Can definitely recommend as such.
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1,055 reviews16 followers
August 28, 2024

Read For:
✓ Gay MC
✓ Vampire
✓ Biting Kink
✓ Short Story


The sad background to how Vincent became a vampire. Heartbreaking, reckless, and lonely. It’s so nice to know things do get better for him eventually in the novel “How to Bite Your Neighbor and Win a Wager” at least because the poor dude deserves a happy ending.


Spice Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️ (3/5)
Angst Level: 💧💧💧 (3/5)
POV: Third Person
Release Date: 06, November 2022


⚠️ Content Warnings:
Moderate: Blood and Self harm
Minor: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, and Sexual content

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580 reviews5 followers
December 19, 2023
Read this as a standalone / my first intro to the author, and was impressed enough in the very short span to download the longer book and give it a go! Hopefully it stays good.

(Totally understandable as a standalone, btw, but I don't necessarily think I'd recommend it because it's not meant to have a happy ending, you know?)
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145 reviews39 followers
December 31, 2024
This was fine but I almost wish that there was more. I wish that this went more into Vincent being turned into a vampire as opposed to the well one thing lead to another and this happened that is actually given in this book. I think this would have made a great full novella instead of just one scene. I also think that this series is far better in audiobook format but I understand why this doesn't have an audiobook.
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821 reviews71 followers
April 8, 2023
This is a very short story of how Vincent ended up becoming a vampire.

It was interesting to see a bit of Vincent’s backstory but I do wish it had included the actual event instead of sort of fading to black at the end.
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405 reviews5 followers
May 4, 2024
This was a very good novella. There was good chemistry between the main characters, with lots of romantic (and sexual) tension. The character building was great and it made me excited to read the following novel.
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9 reviews
May 28, 2024
I read this as an introduction to the series! It seems like between each of the books, the author released a short story related to the main characters, but have no spoilers for the other book(s). This story in particular a really fun boy-meets-vampire!
964 reviews4 followers
March 11, 2025
Read in the back of Bite Your Neighbor under the title "One Glorious Bite." I'm not sure how well it would work as a standalone story, but as further background to Vincent after reading the main story, it works well. You do have a certain sense of "oh no" though.
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1,168 reviews36 followers
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March 6, 2023
This was fine. I was curious to see more of Vincent's early experiences with vampires, so I'd have liked this to be a bit longer.
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547 reviews18 followers
March 17, 2023
This was such a cute and sweet novella. I loved getting to know Vincent before turning.

I loved learning Vincent's backstory and how he was turned into a vampire. It also cleared up how vampires actually get turned which was intriguing to learn.

This added fuel to "Protect smol baby Vincent" emotion!! He's always been adorable.
Profile Image for Nancy.
78 reviews4 followers
April 11, 2023
I loved reading about Vincent before he was a Vampire. And to get to know him. It was a bit heartbreaking tho.
But still it was a good read. And I need more
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