3.5 leaning towards 4 — this was better than I thought it’d be!! very gothic energy, atmospheric, slow suspense-building, incredibly bisexual implications. the ending has just the right mix of darkness and ambiguity. it’s a fun psychological take on vampirism that maybe vamp fans that hate blood would prefer, if those exist? I don’t think I prefer this to your classic, cunning, sexy bloodsucker, but it was still eerie and a good time. I do think the characters were a little weak and I wish the setting had been a stronger component, but overall I enjoyed this. it’s short, gothic, homoerotic, and has some really pretty writing. tbh this one’s biggest weakness is that it was written by a nazi.