Review: Blood Moon Heat by Sherilee Gray

I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

“My bonded was cruel and selfish and twisted, and still I’d begged for him to touch me. Thanks to fate, I craved that monster”

Blood Moon Heat is a scorchingly hot & enthralling dark paranormal romance, and I loved every single second of it.

Ever since she was 16 years old, Mina has known that she’s fated to mate one of The Five, terrifying and ruthless vampire warriors whose identities have been kept hidden while they wage war on the Fae. But now the war is over and The Five are coming to claim their brides on the Blood Moon. For five long years Mina has been kept sequestered & protected in her parent’s house, and she hopes that her mate will be able to give her the freedom she craves, and a loving relationship like her parents.

After spending centuries fighting in the war and having long since lost the ability to feel emotion, Nero is reluctant to allow himself the vulnerability of having a mate yet can’t resist the connection he feels with Mina. But after claiming her his emotions are slowly starting to return and he’s even more intent on keeping her at arm’s length and protected, destroying any hope Mina had for more freedom by keeping her locked away in a replica of her childhood bedroom where he insists, she’ll be safe.

Blood Moon Heat is the second book in Sherilee Gray’s Blood Moon Brides series, and can be read as a standalone, although the first book, Blood Moon Bound is a definitely worth checking out.

I’ve been intrigued by Nero since we met him in the Thornheart Trials series, and after seeing some of the snippets Sherilee Gray had posted on Instagram (if you haven’t seen those snippets I recommend you go check them out, because damn 🔥🔥🔥) I was even more excited to read more about him and I’m very glad to say he lived up to all my expectations.

The chemistry between Nero & Mina is truly explosive and I loved the dynamic between them. I loved watching Nero fumble his way through recovering his emotions and trying to do the right thing for Mina & protect her while going about it the completely wrong way, and I loved that Mina was prepared to stand up to him and make it clear it what she wanted/needed.

The pacing and character development was incredibly well balanced throughout the book and the characters and their relationship had enough space to grow authentically without feeling rushed.

I’m so excited to read the rest of the books in this series as they release, and I do hope we get to see more of Pretender at some point.

Please check content warnings, a full list of both tropes and content warnings can be found on Sherilee Gray’s website HERE.

Blood Moon Heat releases on February 25th.