Unfortunately I was not a huge fan of this novella. I feel for me the plot was a tad too all over the place despite it following the same characters however this may be a me issue more than an author one! Due to this I will not be leaving any reviews on my TikTok as I don’t wish it do be harmful towards the author at all

This promised to be a dark, seductive horror comedy about poly emotional vampires spicing up immortality with a wild cruise… what’s not to love?!

That said it didn’t quite connect for me, I really wanted to love it, and so many parts I genuinely really did enjoy, I found Rebekah likeable if a little flat at times.

Recommend for anyone who enjoys a monster romance, lots of smut and a shorter story… I actually think I would have liked it more as a full novel with more time to delve into the world!

This book is a perfect dosage of fun, murder, and thrill. The characters are all flawed but interesting and Merbaum has provided so much depth within a short amount of pages. Rebekah
The vampires in this novel feel new and fresh, despite being alive for hundreds of years. I'm not sure if its explicitly laid out, but they seem to be emotion vampires that feed off more than just blood. I found this incredibly interesting and fun. Hugh, the husband vampire seems to enjoy deep sorrow and painful emotions, while Rebakah feeds for lust and desire! SO cool!

Heaven, the non-binary character turning out to be a shape-shifter was a great edition and super sexy!

Loved it!

This Review is based on an ARC.

If Anne Rice wrote gay stories she would write this. This was right up there with the greats in the adult vampire sphere. I devoured this story and was not disappointed. I loved the emotional vampires on a gay cruise how funny. Defintely a great read.

A short novel in which Rebekah, our narrator, details an interesting cruise and experiencing a different status with her companion for a span of time that is unspecified but is fucking long. It is a time for character growth and development, but I didn’t feel that aspect all that much. It felt mostly that Rebekah was who she was and experienced a short, mild period of discomfort and then emerged even more confident in who she was. I liked the ending, I just didn’t experience the journey there in the way I think was intended.

Recommended for the monster readers. You know who you are, ya filthy animals!

"There's nothing worse than a boring orgy."

A pair of emotional vampire, immortal, paramores decide to liven things up by going on a gay cruise to the Black Se on a ship filled with polyamorous influencers. 'Vampires at Sea' was somehow horny, hilarious, AND heartfelt? Also, infinity quotable. I am going to reccomend ridiculous gem of a novella to basically everyone.. "We're on vacation!"

I loved this novella full of fascinating characters. Rebekah and Hugo were wonderful and I'd love to read more about them. The storyline was well written and easy to follow with really interesting visual descriptions. This novella was so funny and sexy. I will definitely be telling people about this one! Thank you for the advanced copy Creature Publishing and NetGalley!

This bite size horror-comedy tried so hard but I'm not sure it entirely landed for me. It was an intriguing read but I think the comedy and horror failed to strike a balance that made either effective. I enjoyed the premise and I did find myself rooting for the protagonist despite myself, and I felt that the ending was satisfying, but while I saw what the author was trying to do with the prose, it was a little short of the mark for me

Thank you so much to NetGalley for a copy of this book it was really good and I would rate it 3/5 stars!

I understand that this is a short novella and that it would contain spicy scenes. Yet even despite the size, and the explicit content, a writer should at least give some sort of introduction before telling me about this man's cock. What I thought would be a dark twisted, yet seductive, tale turned into just how many times can I squeeze in the word 'cock' and 'fucking'.
Perhaps it is just my tastes, I like a story with spice, not just spice with a sprinkling of story. Yet it wasn't just that. The main character felt dislikeable and not even in a good way.

Vampires at Sea is a campy vampire, queer cruise novella, following the most unlikable characters one could imagine.

I was extremely excited about this book, as it set up to be a campy vampire story. Two things I'm quite fond of. I was immediately hooked by the writing. While it first felt and appeared like a wattpad story and plot, the language was elevated and captivating to comb through.

My downfall with this book is my own preference in regards to my dislike of unlikable characters. Our main character is vain, self-absorbed, fame hungry vampire, and honestly, the supporting characters are no better.

I was hoping for more vampire action, more biting and more blood, but I was disappointed.

The ending left me feeling unsatisfied as the story was setting us up for a grand plot twist, a campy finish to the debacle I had been reading thus far. Instead, the ending turned the story into a character study of sorts. Insinuating there had been personal development and character growth throughout the story, something I strongly disagree took place.

All in all, it was rather underwhelming as a whole, with my expectations too high, and my assumptions on what the story was supposed to be... off.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC, in exchange for an honest review.

This book had the perfect idea but the execution fell short for me.
At times I didn’t understand where this story was headed, and other times I just completely misunderstood what was going on.
That being said, the book did have interesting and fun parts.

a dark but hilariously sexy gothic erotic horror!
immortal beloveds rebekah and hugh are take the Black Sea Cruise for a vacation to unwind and enjoy feasting on other passengers in a spicy queer friendly environment
when the couple meet Heaven, the magical non binary social media influencer,and misha the funny murderously outgoing friend rebekah needs
but when hugh completely falls for heaven, rebekah must fight for her eternal love and find who she is without hugh

I really enjoyed this. The writing style is delicious, the way the author describes things, feelings. The dread of existence and the excitement of it.

If I had to review this book with one word: Yummy.

I absolutely ate this book up, and I loved every moment of it. I was so happy when I got to the author's notes and they mentioned WWDITS, because this book feels as if Nadja and Laszlo were emotional vampires.

It was chaotic and sexy and a little mysterious, and the perfect book for me.

I cannot wait to be able to get this book physically in my hand so that I can eat it or something.

I'm not sure who this book is for, but I'm not it. Rebekah's voice was cold and pretentious, more than sexy and alluring. For a book about vampires, there is little about the vampire bit of their nature. Rebekah is obsessed with how hot she is and is very blunt about sex, and it got tiring fast. I wanted more humour, but this is more smutty high lit? It's an interesting combination that went over my head, sadly. And then she got jealous? Honestly, they should have got rid of the vampires and just had the story be about a couple experimenting with polygamy on a sex cruise. Unicorns at Sea would have worked just a well as a title..

This novella would have been perfect if it had 200 to 300 more pages. There was a lot being told in such a short amount of time that the plot of Vampires at Sea was a little confusing to follow. The ending would have had much more impact if we were to get a better look at their relationship and what it truly meant for it to end. But I love the idea of this world, I would read another 200 to 300 pages as I did enjoy myself a lot reading this book. I just want MORE

DNF'd at 42%

I'm a huge fan of vampires and queer books, so when I read the description I was really hopeful that I'd love this one, but I really couldn't get into it. The writing was very different, and unfortunaly not in a good way, the main character broke the fourth wall multiple times which I found annoying and the attempts to be funny fell flat most of the time. Maybe the lore gets explained further into the book regarding what type of vampires these are, but to where I read I didn't really understand them. They fed off of people's energy from what I did understand, but why, how, or what it did to the humans was not really clear to me.

One positive thing I can think off about this book is the queer representation, which was very well done, and of course as it is set in a queer cruise, there is a lot of.

I need more vampire stories like this in my life. Sparkles, begone! Ass-kicking, emotion-eating fuck beasts are where it's at.

Thanks to NetGalley for giving me a free eARC! :D

I was disappointed that this story about vampires barely had them being vampires in it. also the prose was repetitive and clunky.