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Where Does Kissing End? (2014)

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I picked up this book on a whim and it managed to mesmerize me. It was so exceptionally well written that I found the prose to have an almost hypnotic quality. It was misfiled in horror, but this is not a horror story. It's more of a complex erotic drama that deals with flawed human beings and the symbiosis in their relationships. I loved the use of blood draining metaphor in the book as well. I think the writer captured the vulnerability and uncertainty of love exquisitely. This book is quite explicit and somewhat odd and surely would not be to everyone's liking, but I would highly recommend it.

I loved "Weird Sister" by Kate Pullinger so picked this one up right away. It uses vampirism as a metaphor. Mina uses men for sex but does not offer intimacy, while Stephen loves Mina but (probably) because she won't let him get close to her. When Stephen withdraws Mina is miserable and sick and then once Stephen is back she (figuratively) sucks him dry in his sleep; he deteriorates. Being in love starts to kill Stephen. Mina thrives off his attention as she is a mirror for what other people project onto her.

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At a short 129 pages this was a quick read.From cover:"When Stephen Smith falls in love, he assumes that this is where happiness lies. The object of his desire is Mina Savage, the illegitimate child of parents themselves both illegitimate, a young woman whose ambitions and appetites outstrip Stephen's wildest fantasies. They becomes lovers. But when Mina continues to disappear at night, Stephen tries to force her to be faithful to him. Is Mina simply unfashionably promiscuous or is there something more sinister about her vampiric attitude to men?"
—Louise

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