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Blood Knight: Vampire Slayer
An insatiable succubus? A shy werewolf? A scatterbrained angel? This team needs a leader!
J.B. Clarke enrolled in college to earn his degree and find a steady job. What he got instead was an adventure in a secret underworld where vampires rule over all. Emma Rose, a friendly gamer who turns out to be a succubus, recruits him into Broken Fang, an overly ambitious team of monster girls. These lovely ladies know they’ll need help if they’re to stand a chance against the vampires, and they’re looking for a few good men.
Well, one man, actually. And that’s him.
Clarke is soon thrust into a hidden world full of magic, mystery, and mythical creatures. He’s in way over his head because Broken Fang is a dysfunctional mess, and his calculus professor is a sadistic vampire who snacks on pet animals. He’ll need more than his (considerable) experience with fantasy games to solve this problem!
Fortunately, he’s far from helpless. He’s a blood knight, descended from an ancient and powerful line of vampire hunters, and his magical abilities have finally begun to awaken. But will they be enough? Can he master his powers in time to face the coming storm? Can he grow into the leader Broken Fang so desperately needs?
Or will he end up as just one more meal for the vampires? Blood Vampire Slayer is a fun urban fantasy adventure with a healthy side of voluptuous succubi, energetic werewolves, incorrigible slime girls, nubile witches, and saucy language to match. (So don’t read it and then complain about the spice. Y’all know exactly what you’re getting into.)
J.B. Clarke enrolled in college to earn his degree and find a steady job. What he got instead was an adventure in a secret underworld where vampires rule over all. Emma Rose, a friendly gamer who turns out to be a succubus, recruits him into Broken Fang, an overly ambitious team of monster girls. These lovely ladies know they’ll need help if they’re to stand a chance against the vampires, and they’re looking for a few good men.
Well, one man, actually. And that’s him.
Clarke is soon thrust into a hidden world full of magic, mystery, and mythical creatures. He’s in way over his head because Broken Fang is a dysfunctional mess, and his calculus professor is a sadistic vampire who snacks on pet animals. He’ll need more than his (considerable) experience with fantasy games to solve this problem!
Fortunately, he’s far from helpless. He’s a blood knight, descended from an ancient and powerful line of vampire hunters, and his magical abilities have finally begun to awaken. But will they be enough? Can he master his powers in time to face the coming storm? Can he grow into the leader Broken Fang so desperately needs?
Or will he end up as just one more meal for the vampires? Blood Vampire Slayer is a fun urban fantasy adventure with a healthy side of voluptuous succubi, energetic werewolves, incorrigible slime girls, nubile witches, and saucy language to match. (So don’t read it and then complain about the spice. Y’all know exactly what you’re getting into.)
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Published March 14, 2024
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June 7, 2024
Heck no!
DNF simply because of what happened at the end of chapter 13. MC decided to bargain off his freaking first born in a damn business transaction! Complete and utter trash.
Yea we need to open this magically locked book, we can do it eventually, but not as fast as we want and might not be able to rile up some local vampire as fast as we want. A witch can help break it but in exchange wants him to get one of her daughter pregnant, which he can’t see the kid till the world is “saved” at best! Sure let’s just go with that, sounds like a great PAYMENT FOR OPENING A BOOK!
At that point I was done. MC because absolute trash tier and a piece of garbage. Sadly they won’t, but hopefully the vampire kill him.
DNF simply because of what happened at the end of chapter 13. MC decided to bargain off his freaking first born in a damn business transaction! Complete and utter trash.
Yea we need to open this magically locked book, we can do it eventually, but not as fast as we want and might not be able to rile up some local vampire as fast as we want. A witch can help break it but in exchange wants him to get one of her daughter pregnant, which he can’t see the kid till the world is “saved” at best! Sure let’s just go with that, sounds like a great PAYMENT FOR OPENING A BOOK!
At that point I was done. MC because absolute trash tier and a piece of garbage. Sadly they won’t, but hopefully the vampire kill him.
July 19, 2025
What started out as a great concept with a promise of an interesting story and some "action" is sadly a poorly written travesty that left me disappointed at every turn. Blood Knight has a ton of potential, and I will admit I am interested enough to read the second one just to see where it goes. But it lacks in almost every aspect. It reads like a bad power fantasy isekai, where the main character doesn't have to work to get anything in the novel, and that includes the women.
For starters, his powers are explained to him by the 4 female leads who create a DND campaign specifically for the purpose of bringing him into their "vampire killing" group, going so far as giving him a spell list of every spell he can use. Then the novel caveats this by explaining that Blood Knights are super rare and almost extinct because they were originally vampire hunters.
Another thing that bothered me is how nonchalant the character is with his whole world turning upside down. I know we aren't reading this expecting the greatest of reactions, but something other than "Uh weird anyways." would have been better. Not to mention throughout the book the MC controls like 80% of the other characters actions, including the Celestial whose only role in the book was to be the smart one that planned things out and broke spells.
Next issue I had is that most of the characters seemed bland. Obviously this could change between books but I'm reviewing the first one not the series. The succubus likes sex, the slime likes to eat and have sex, and the wolf girl likes to fight and guess what? Have sex. None of the women have any type of personality outside of wanting to have sex with the main character and fighting, which is just wasting their potential entirely.
Then comes the power fantasy portion of it. Look as a guy especially one who read something like this, I've entertained some ridiculous power fantasies. But the MC doesn't have to work for anything. He learns how to use his magic essentially by reading about it in his book and then can just use it. Same with fighting, the mc even admits in the final fight that he hasn't had any real training when it comes to using a knife, and yet somehow he is able to kill thralls, zombies, and vampires almost effortlessly. There's power fantasy and then there's just plain ridiculousness.
Not to mention the ending was very bland, super spoilers if you haven't already guessed, mc easily kills one of 3 vampires with a spell, the whole cast gangs up on another, and then in the same night the supposed 2000 year old vampire with the cringiest name who is supposedly the "Big Bad" is soloed by the MC who finds that the power of love is enough to keep him going.
Overall the book was a major disappointment. It had the potential to actually be a great novel but lazy writing and trying to write for the "male fantasy" botched it entirely. I know the author writes a lot of these novels and I will admit I'm interested enough in the concept of a blood knight as a whole to try and see where the next novel is going and possibly take a peek at his other works. But overall Blood Knight was a major disappointment that could've been something fantastic.
Oh and the worst part is that the smut is terrible.
For starters, his powers are explained to him by the 4 female leads who create a DND campaign specifically for the purpose of bringing him into their "vampire killing" group, going so far as giving him a spell list of every spell he can use. Then the novel caveats this by explaining that Blood Knights are super rare and almost extinct because they were originally vampire hunters.
Another thing that bothered me is how nonchalant the character is with his whole world turning upside down. I know we aren't reading this expecting the greatest of reactions, but something other than "Uh weird anyways." would have been better. Not to mention throughout the book the MC controls like 80% of the other characters actions, including the Celestial whose only role in the book was to be the smart one that planned things out and broke spells.
Next issue I had is that most of the characters seemed bland. Obviously this could change between books but I'm reviewing the first one not the series. The succubus likes sex, the slime likes to eat and have sex, and the wolf girl likes to fight and guess what? Have sex. None of the women have any type of personality outside of wanting to have sex with the main character and fighting, which is just wasting their potential entirely.
Then comes the power fantasy portion of it. Look as a guy especially one who read something like this, I've entertained some ridiculous power fantasies. But the MC doesn't have to work for anything. He learns how to use his magic essentially by reading about it in his book and then can just use it. Same with fighting, the mc even admits in the final fight that he hasn't had any real training when it comes to using a knife, and yet somehow he is able to kill thralls, zombies, and vampires almost effortlessly. There's power fantasy and then there's just plain ridiculousness.
Not to mention the ending was very bland, super spoilers if you haven't already guessed, mc easily kills one of 3 vampires with a spell, the whole cast gangs up on another, and then in the same night the supposed 2000 year old vampire with the cringiest name who is supposedly the "Big Bad" is soloed by the MC who finds that the power of love is enough to keep him going.
Overall the book was a major disappointment. It had the potential to actually be a great novel but lazy writing and trying to write for the "male fantasy" botched it entirely. I know the author writes a lot of these novels and I will admit I'm interested enough in the concept of a blood knight as a whole to try and see where the next novel is going and possibly take a peek at his other works. But overall Blood Knight was a major disappointment that could've been something fantastic.
Oh and the worst part is that the smut is terrible.
April 14, 2025
This book is...okay.
The writing is technically fine, but the characters are a bit flat. The tone and plot is *very* dark, but the characters don't seem to really care and there's lots of silly jokes. It's urban fantasy, but while the setting is fairly unique (vampires secretly rule the world, enslaving both humans and other magical races, and mind controlling humans into not realising), it also is pretty implausible.
(To dig into that a bit: I strongly believe sci-fi that features FTL either needs to just completely ignore how it works, or needs to *really* dive into some speculative hard science explanation, but splitting the difference just highlights that FTL is (as far as we know) impossible, without giving the reader anything to hand their suspension of disbelief on. Similarly with urban fantasy, either let the veil be part of the background, or give us a really well thought out explanation for how it could work. Here we get ...the idea that vampires control Big Tech and all social media providers, and somehow integrate mind control spells with the apps so people are being literally brainwashed when they read social media. It's a funny joke, but a bad bit of world building.)
And so on. It's not *quite* a Virgil Knightley style "everything's a joke and nothing is serious" story (which is good, because I personally don't care for that), but it's also not really trying to be a serious story about saving humanity from a fate worth than death either. It's not a LitRPG or progression fantasy, but it's also not driven by three dimensional characters and rich interpersonal dynamics.
I guess I'm not too surprised; this is more-or-less what happened in Titan Mage too. And it's fine.
But I personally would prefer a story that had fewer contradictions and focused more on doing a few things right.
The writing is technically fine, but the characters are a bit flat. The tone and plot is *very* dark, but the characters don't seem to really care and there's lots of silly jokes. It's urban fantasy, but while the setting is fairly unique (vampires secretly rule the world, enslaving both humans and other magical races, and mind controlling humans into not realising), it also is pretty implausible.
(To dig into that a bit: I strongly believe sci-fi that features FTL either needs to just completely ignore how it works, or needs to *really* dive into some speculative hard science explanation, but splitting the difference just highlights that FTL is (as far as we know) impossible, without giving the reader anything to hand their suspension of disbelief on. Similarly with urban fantasy, either let the veil be part of the background, or give us a really well thought out explanation for how it could work. Here we get ...the idea that vampires control Big Tech and all social media providers, and somehow integrate mind control spells with the apps so people are being literally brainwashed when they read social media. It's a funny joke, but a bad bit of world building.)
And so on. It's not *quite* a Virgil Knightley style "everything's a joke and nothing is serious" story (which is good, because I personally don't care for that), but it's also not really trying to be a serious story about saving humanity from a fate worth than death either. It's not a LitRPG or progression fantasy, but it's also not driven by three dimensional characters and rich interpersonal dynamics.
I guess I'm not too surprised; this is more-or-less what happened in Titan Mage too. And it's fine.
But I personally would prefer a story that had fewer contradictions and focused more on doing a few things right.
March 22, 2024
An All Around Good Vampire Slaying Time
Now I haven't gotten around to reading titan mage yet but after reading this I'm definitely gonna check it out. Urban fantasy is one of my favorite types of Haremlit and this is definitely up there for me now. I thoroughly enjoyed it and am looking forward to the sequel (JULY?!?!!?).
I feel like the biggest strength of this book could be summarized with is: Balance. There is enough spice to keep one sated, romance to get your stomach butterflies going, and action to pump your blood. On top of tall that there is a general vibe that resonates more with Slice of Life but doesn't take away from the other parts as much as one would think.
DO NOT go into this expecting the same vibe as something like Blood Rites. You're just going to set yourself up for disappointment. The cover should dissuade you of that notion. Honestly my only real complaint is that the next two books are already announced with release dates and covers but they're so far away. Regardless I'm looking forward to them.
Now I haven't gotten around to reading titan mage yet but after reading this I'm definitely gonna check it out. Urban fantasy is one of my favorite types of Haremlit and this is definitely up there for me now. I thoroughly enjoyed it and am looking forward to the sequel (JULY?!?!!?).
I feel like the biggest strength of this book could be summarized with is: Balance. There is enough spice to keep one sated, romance to get your stomach butterflies going, and action to pump your blood. On top of tall that there is a general vibe that resonates more with Slice of Life but doesn't take away from the other parts as much as one would think.
DO NOT go into this expecting the same vibe as something like Blood Rites. You're just going to set yourself up for disappointment. The cover should dissuade you of that notion. Honestly my only real complaint is that the next two books are already announced with release dates and covers but they're so far away. Regardless I'm looking forward to them.
July 27, 2025
JB Clarke is just trying to get through college and maybe find a way to talk to Emma, the really cute girl in some of his classes. Then she beats him to the punch and asks him to join a D&D campaign. Too good to be true? The campaign is several of her friend, all gorgeous women. Then things get really weird.
Emma is a succubus. Her friends are, respectively, an earthbound angel with memory issues, a werewolf, and a slime girl. Clarke, it turns out, is a special kind of warrior called a Blood Knight, and they need his help to break the vampiric hold over their college.
There's training, flirting, sex, and a lot of magical action. It's an enjoyable book with an interesting premise and some well done action scenes. There is a lot of sex and "adult" language, so know that going in. For those who want the distinction, Clarke sleeps with almost all the women in the book, but it's a series of one on one encounters, no threesomes or orgies or anything. :P
I had fun with this and hope that, as the title suggests, there are more coming.
Emma is a succubus. Her friends are, respectively, an earthbound angel with memory issues, a werewolf, and a slime girl. Clarke, it turns out, is a special kind of warrior called a Blood Knight, and they need his help to break the vampiric hold over their college.
There's training, flirting, sex, and a lot of magical action. It's an enjoyable book with an interesting premise and some well done action scenes. There is a lot of sex and "adult" language, so know that going in. For those who want the distinction, Clarke sleeps with almost all the women in the book, but it's a series of one on one encounters, no threesomes or orgies or anything. :P
I had fun with this and hope that, as the title suggests, there are more coming.
October 17, 2024
I'd say this book is decent, but not great.
The MC is a Blood Knight, a human with abilities that make them strong vampire killers. He's a decent enough character. I can see that his class is going to make the power scaling of future antagonists an issue.
The MC has three full harem members by the end of the book, plus one other woman that he bedded and impregnated as part of a contract with someone. And while each woman is different, that's a lot of sex scenes and watered down relationship building. That really doesn't help the book. Plus, the author referred to a woman's "lady bits" as her other mouth or lower mouth, which totally killed those scenes for me.
There is a decent amount of world building, but it's all based on the simple premise that everyone is mind altered by vampires. So that limits everything.
I'm not sure I'd read another book of this series.
The MC is a Blood Knight, a human with abilities that make them strong vampire killers. He's a decent enough character. I can see that his class is going to make the power scaling of future antagonists an issue.
The MC has three full harem members by the end of the book, plus one other woman that he bedded and impregnated as part of a contract with someone. And while each woman is different, that's a lot of sex scenes and watered down relationship building. That really doesn't help the book. Plus, the author referred to a woman's "lady bits" as her other mouth or lower mouth, which totally killed those scenes for me.
There is a decent amount of world building, but it's all based on the simple premise that everyone is mind altered by vampires. So that limits everything.
I'm not sure I'd read another book of this series.
October 9, 2024
Really fun, if cheesy, easy read with good humor, characters, and setting. The plot is refreshingly clear and the adventure is on a grand scale (save the world from vampires), so plenty of room to grow. A problem I noticed was the use of exclamation marks - it pulled me out of the story every time because it was so awkward. That, and there were moments that made more sense to my teenaged self than... my current age. Which is a good sign, not because of the audience but the characters are supposed to be young, so it fits. It was just a little annoying, as teenagers tend to be. The exclamation marks are too annoying though, so I knocked a star off.
March 3, 2025
Another enjoyable series from this author. In this one Vampires rule the earth, however besides humans there are witches, Warlocks, Wizards and a whole slew of demi-humans. Clarke is a Blood Knight though at first he doesn't know that. One way the Vampires maintain control is most of the human population is hexed and unable to see anything that is supernatural. There is group of monster girls that realize who he is even though he is hexed and want him to join their group, later called "Broken Fang." The group has a succubus, a werewolf, a slime girl, and an angel. Clarke is attending the local university when he meets Emma, the succubus. The women use a Dungeons and Dragons game to introduce him to who he is and the world that he lives in.
The book has humor, and the author is very well versed in Japanese culture, and uses it to add character to the story. I enjoyed looking up some of the references that she used. The cover picture is of the Succubus Emma.
The book has humor, and the author is very well versed in Japanese culture, and uses it to add character to the story. I enjoyed looking up some of the references that she used. The cover picture is of the Succubus Emma.
May 12, 2024
Monster girls and vampires!
An RPG takes an unexpected twist for Clarke. The four incredibly hot women he is playing with open his eyes to the reality of the world around him and show him the dangers of higher education.
Wow! What a series starter! There’s no better reading than urban fantasy with undercover world domination by vampires and monster girl harems. I can’t wait until the next book comes out. I received a free advance copy but my review is honest and voluntary.
An RPG takes an unexpected twist for Clarke. The four incredibly hot women he is playing with open his eyes to the reality of the world around him and show him the dangers of higher education.
Wow! What a series starter! There’s no better reading than urban fantasy with undercover world domination by vampires and monster girl harems. I can’t wait until the next book comes out. I received a free advance copy but my review is honest and voluntary.
September 17, 2024
I hope others in the series gain my interest better.
I've read the Titan Mage series by Edie Skye and found this one quite a while after. I really enjoyed that series, but this one has started out kind of slow to me. I appreciate the premise and the world but the characters haven't really stuck with me so far, unlike Titan Mage.
I do feel like once I read the next book I might get more into this series, at least that's my hope moving forward with the next book.
I've read the Titan Mage series by Edie Skye and found this one quite a while after. I really enjoyed that series, but this one has started out kind of slow to me. I appreciate the premise and the world but the characters haven't really stuck with me so far, unlike Titan Mage.
I do feel like once I read the next book I might get more into this series, at least that's my hope moving forward with the next book.
March 17, 2024
Wow!! What a great beginning to a new series!!!
Great world building, check, awesome characters, check, fabulous character development and interactions, check and some of the best adult fantasy activities anywhere, CHECK!!! You absolutely will not be disappointed with any of this authors works,especially this one!!!
Great world building, check, awesome characters, check, fabulous character development and interactions, check and some of the best adult fantasy activities anywhere, CHECK!!! You absolutely will not be disappointed with any of this authors works,especially this one!!!
March 18, 2024
Fantasy meets fantasy.
So a dnd adventure runs amid real life. Love the concept, the characters, and the writing. Thank you Edie for another fun romp. Can't wait for the next one to be available. Being an avid dnd player with this story's beginning drew me in that much quicker. This, like Titan Mage, is looking to be a fun romp indeed.
So a dnd adventure runs amid real life. Love the concept, the characters, and the writing. Thank you Edie for another fun romp. Can't wait for the next one to be available. Being an avid dnd player with this story's beginning drew me in that much quicker. This, like Titan Mage, is looking to be a fun romp indeed.
April 3, 2024
A decent beginning
So, it has a solid setting, some decent characters, good editing(mostly) and overall was fairly good.
But something about it didn't really do it for me. I'm not entirely sure, I can't put a finger on it exactly. I do like the author's work, so maybe I'll try the next one just to make sure, but it isn't high on the list.
So, it has a solid setting, some decent characters, good editing(mostly) and overall was fairly good.
But something about it didn't really do it for me. I'm not entirely sure, I can't put a finger on it exactly. I do like the author's work, so maybe I'll try the next one just to make sure, but it isn't high on the list.
March 4, 2026
The idea behind the plot is pretty good and has a lot of potential. Unfortunately the book is held back by characters with no personality, awkward dialogs, and some areas of plot armor that makes it feel like there are never any true stakes. Over all the book feels like a rushed product that was an attempt to publish as much as possible for profit.
March 29, 2024
Thoroughly enjoyed. The characters are interesting with their own personality, and the world seems interesting as well. There are some parts that some people may find a bit predictable, but I enjoyed it nonetheless and would recommend to fans of urban fantasy or Titan Mage.
April 2, 2024
Great start!
A lot of fun, some of the same vibes that made Titan Mage a success in an urban fantasy setting with cool demi humans, wild magic and funny banter, and let’s not forget the spicy bits, looking forward to what comes next.
A lot of fun, some of the same vibes that made Titan Mage a success in an urban fantasy setting with cool demi humans, wild magic and funny banter, and let’s not forget the spicy bits, looking forward to what comes next.
April 10, 2024
I enjoyed this book, and thought most of the characters were well thought out. The plot line seems very enjoyable so far, and can't wait to read the next book in the series to see where it goes from here.
November 4, 2024
Fun story
This is a very interesting story idea. Vampires running the world and a plucky group of adventures trying to bring them down! Clarke and his harem has come together and taken Dow vampires were will it lead? On to book two!
This is a very interesting story idea. Vampires running the world and a plucky group of adventures trying to bring them down! Clarke and his harem has come together and taken Dow vampires were will it lead? On to book two!
January 29, 2025
We all know what kind of book this is. There's a LOT of frustrating scenes but it was kinda funny sometimes. Three stars.
Also what the hell man? How you gonna knock a girl up and then write her out of the story?? One date, smash and dash, and then we forget she exists??
Also what the hell man? How you gonna knock a girl up and then write her out of the story?? One date, smash and dash, and then we forget she exists??
March 16, 2024
great new series
A fun urban setting and a great cast of characters. Looking forward to the next book. Also had a great mix of action and character development.
A fun urban setting and a great cast of characters. Looking forward to the next book. Also had a great mix of action and character development.
March 23, 2024
Quite fun
It's pretty standard harem lit, but it's still quite a fun read. It was a perfect way to spend a rainy spring day. Give it a shot.
Highly recommended.
It's pretty standard harem lit, but it's still quite a fun read. It was a perfect way to spend a rainy spring day. Give it a shot.
Highly recommended.
July 2, 2024
Great start to the series hope the next book is just as good
July 20, 2024
Fun new book with some interesting twists and characters
August 18, 2024
Fantastic!
What an amazing book! I absolutely loved this book and such wonderful characters! I can not wait for the next book to come out!
What an amazing book! I absolutely loved this book and such wonderful characters! I can not wait for the next book to come out!
September 28, 2024
love this story!
Very creative, very original…I’m juiced up for the next one! Keep this up Mr. Skye! Most excellent.😊👍🏻 very cool! 😎 thanks for your hard work.
Very creative, very original…I’m juiced up for the next one! Keep this up Mr. Skye! Most excellent.😊👍🏻 very cool! 😎 thanks for your hard work.
May 22, 2025
Very good book
This is a fine fantasy harem adventure novel. It is well written and edited. I especially like the slime girl. I anxiously await the sequel.
This is a fine fantasy harem adventure novel. It is well written and edited. I especially like the slime girl. I anxiously await the sequel.
August 29, 2025
So good with true nerd cred
A great story with a fun premise and a respect and enjoyment of the nerd gamer geek hobbies of its characters. Can't wait to read the rest of these.
A great story with a fun premise and a respect and enjoyment of the nerd gamer geek hobbies of its characters. Can't wait to read the rest of these.
May 7, 2024
The main character just didn’t have any personality. One minute he’s a shy dork, the next a buff hunk with a harem of monsters, and he’s like, meh. Whatever. Better kill some dudes.
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