Really enjoyable read. Great worldbuilding. Love the little town. ( )

Parker Hollis is a big slut. A smooth, good-looking Vampire, he thinks nothing of loving, feeding and then leaving, females across the world. As with most slutty men in Romance novels, karma does, eventually, turn around and bite him on the ass. In this case Karma comes in the form of a very powerful witch. Terri is a dark witch who adores Parker. When she catches him “with his fangs down” feeding from another woman, she takes great exception to the fact that she isn’t his only food source. She puts him under a curse, which means that she will be the only person he can drink blood from, and that the rest of the food should come only from plants. Flash forward to years later and Parker is living with as a full Vegetarian Vampire, with an unwanted Masters in Botany, and a ghostly companion. Before his premature death, his ghostly companion, Greg, had made him promise that he would move to the little town of Maggie’s Grove and “have little Vampires”. Maggie’s Grove is a weird little place that is built for Supernatural beings. They have Vampires, Witches, werewolves and Dryads amongst other things. Parker is even assigned his own Renfield (I loved this Dracula reference....:D). Maggie's Grove also comes with Amara, his fascinating neighbour. Amara is a Dryad, which means that she is a nymph that has an affinity for plants. The rest of the town shun her because she is weird even by their standards, but she has nowhere else to go. Parker and Amara find themselves drawn towards each other and find that she is his “blood wife” (the one woman that can sustain Parker forever) However, what about the pesky little curse? Moreover, what will psycho witch Terry do to them once she finds out?

This book was funny. It isn’t clever funny, or sarcastically funny but very silly. To be honest that’s one of the reasons that I kept reading. It reminded me of a PNR crossed with early Janet Evanovich and, I’m hoping, that this isn’t just a standalone book! The concept of a Vegetarian vampire isn’t new, but the concept of a vampire that can only eat plant blood is fantastically crazy. I howled with laughter at an account of a time where Parker tried to eat the “blood” of a cactus ...the science teacher in me could have told him that wasn’t a great plan! The relationship he has with Greg, his witch, is lovely to read and I’m so glad that it continued after his death as I always enjoy a good Bromance. As much as I enjoyed reading about Parker, It took me a while to get into the character of Amara. It was absolutely atrocious how the how the towns peopletreated her and I enjoyed Miss Bells attempts to prove that, even in a community of “freaks”, it is human nature to pick on the freak of the bunch! What annoyed me slightly about Amara were the contradictions within her character. She was isolated for all her life and the story kept mentioning how she had problems with men and had very little romanctic/sexual experience. Then about half way through the book, when she and Parker finally started to have sex, she turned into a connoisseur of Kink. She knew all the tricks, knew what she liked and, even stranger, she constantly wanted anal sex because she loved it so much. It just didn’t sit well with her character I had pictured in my head and it made me a little less invested in their story. When Parker and Amara finally get it together (which they obviously do...she is part plant!) it is smoking. They pretty much have sex everywhere, every which way and often! There were bits that made my palms a little sweaty and bits that made me blush....definitely five stars for the smut :D

The side characters were fun. I really enjoyed the burgeoning relationship with Greg the Ghost and Brian, the Renfield. Brain is not only Parkers Renfield (which is basically a Vampire’s fetcher/carrier during the daylight hours) but also a physical psychic. This means he can feel/touch ghosts....this led to some INTERESTING love scenes between the two and some stupid questions on my part (can a ghost orgasm?) To be honest one of the reasons I hope this isn’t a standalone book is because I would like to see how they work out their relationships with its obvious limitations! I also liked the Mayors character and felt his HEA was completely rushed and unsatisfying...there were too many loves stories going in one book to make me happy with every romances progression and conclusion!
Overall, a very funny, light read with some amazing characters that deserves to have their own stories written. I haven’t gone into the whole twist at the end, with some interesting developments in Amara's true heritage, and the final battle between Parker and Terri because it’s too damn fun to give you any hints! A surprising find with an awesome cover...well worth a read!
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I had such a hard time rating this book. There were so many things I really liked about this book, but at the same time there were plenty of things that I didn't like. Blood of the Maple is about a playboy vampire, Parker, who moves to Maggie's Grove with his best friend and ghost, Greg. Maggie's Grove is one of the only, if not the only, towns in the US that is completely supernatural. Shortly after arriving, Parker meets Amara, a powerful dryad who lives next door. They fall in love, but their relationship, and the town, is threatened by Parker's ex, an obsessive crazy witch who has been following Parker for years.
Amara is a really powerful dryad who was raised by a kind woman. For reasons unknown to Amara, but revealed later in the book, the townspeople avoid her. When they are not ignoring her, they are outwardly horrible to her. Even though most of Maggie's Grove hates her, she has a few friends, but she is still very lonely. Amara spends most of her time in her garden and conversing with her tree.
After escaping from his ex, who was trying to make it so he could only drink from her blood, so they will be together forever, Parker is stuck drinking plant-like blood. Before Amara, Greg would make a smoothie with a few drops of his blood mixed with certain plants. After Greg dies and becomes a ghost, they move to Maggie's Grove, where Parker falls in love with Amara and the final showdown with his ex takes place.
Maggie's Grove is such a quant town. It's like a supernatural version of Stars Hollow from Gilmore Girls. Everyone knows everyone. The beings that inhabit Maggie's Grove are shapeshifters, vampires, psychics, witches, dryads, etc. When Parker's ex threatens the town to get to Parker, everyone comes together to fight her.
I loved the fresh take on the supernatural. The problems I had with this book had to do with all the random sex scenes. Some were appropriately placed but I felt that others were just unneeded. Yes, I know this is a paranormal romance-stressing the romance, but still. Having said that, I still liked this book and will definitely be reading the sequel when it comes out. ( )

The cover art is absolutely beautiful. I wished they would have a paperback instead of just the ebook. I can only imagine how nice it would have looked in person instead of on the computer.

This is romance with a dark twist. The characters were well drawn out. They really popped off the page. It was interesting to see a vegetarian vampire.

The author did spend quite a bit of time on developing the world. However, she did it so well that you can envision everything about it.

I really enjoyed this book. It was a nice quick read. I can’t wait until the next in the series.

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