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Olivia Kindle Edition

by Genevieve McCluer (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 64 ratings
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How does a centuries-old vampire suffering from severe PTSD take her parrot to the vet? With Olivia’s intense fear of humans, what sounds like the start of a joke is instead the start of therapy. Only when she has help can her parrot receive his.

Veterinarian Mia Sun knows all about being damaged, and she and Olivia slowly build a friendship that develops into something a lot more intriguing. When a figure from Olivia’s past surfaces, hell-bent on ruining any happiness she’s managing to find, Olivia must fight back if she wants to forge a new life with Mia. Will she be strong enough to face her own worst fears for love?
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    July 14, 2020
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About the Author

Genevieve McCluer was born in California and grew up in numerous cities across the country. She studied criminal justice in college but, after a few years of that, moved her focus to writing. Her whole life, she’s been obsessed with mythology, and she bases her stories in those myths.

She now lives in Arizona with her partner and cats, working away at far too many novels. In her free time she pesters the cats, plays video games, and attempts to be better at archery.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08BKXB8KG
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bold Strokes Books (July 14, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 14, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1317 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 236 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 64 ratings

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Genevieve McCluer

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Genevieve McCluer was born in California and grew up in numerous cities across the country. She studied criminal justice in college but, after a few years of that, moved her focus to writing. Her whole life, she’s been obsessed with mythology, and she bases her stories in those myths.

She now lives in Arizona with her partner and cats, working away at far too many novels. In her free time she pesters the cats, plays video games, and attempts to be better at archery.

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P.B.Reader
5.0 out of 5 stars Creative, Well Written
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2020
There is nothing traditional about this paranormal romance. McCluer has set her mind free and set the vampire trope on its head, and, in many ways did the same with the Lesbian romance trope.

Olivia is a 500+ year old vampire who has PTSD. She’s afraid of nearly everything, including humans—and with good cause since it was humans who hunted her kind to near extinction. When she was changed, it wasn’t a la-di-dah transition, rather it was painful and traumatic. When the story opens, she’s living in Toronto and her only friend is a parrot named Harvey. Harvey is sick and needs a vet, but the only vet near her is a human, but she treats fiends so how bad can it be? The vet, Mia Sun, is a pill-popping loner who loves animals more than she likes humans. Neither woman really trusts the other, but there’s a glimmer of connection there. Olivia decides its finally time to start coming to terms with her PTSD and agrees to see a therapist because she really doesn’t want Harvey to survive her. Slowly she and the Vet build first a friendship and then a nascent romantic interest. When Olivia’s archnemesis finally finds her (after a centuries-long search), he’s going to make her his slave again. After the enemy is dealt with, Mia needs to take a few days to recoup from the trauma.

This book is stunning in its creative take on so many issues – human behavior, fears, vampirism, romance, and mythology to name but a few issues – and the author does so with humor, compassion, and sensitivity.

If you enjoyed the creativeness of Brey Willows “Fury’s Bridge,” you’ll love this book. McCluer’s “Olivia” deserves to be at the top of the to-be-read list of every reader who appreciates a well-written and highly creative book.

Kudos to Bold Strokes Books for publishing this book.

My thanks to Bold Strokes Books and NetGalley for an eARC.
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Kitty Kat
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable read.
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2020
Olivia is a centuries-old vampire living in Toronto. After years of persecution and worse, she prefers a quiet life with her pet parrot, Harvey, but when he becomes ill, she has to seek out the help of a human vet, Mia. Because of her PTSD, it takes therapy to even get her as far as the front door of the surgery. Mia has some significant problems of her own, but she’s more than willing to take a chance on the gorgeous vampire. The unlikely pair find they have an affinity and when someone from Olivia’s past reappears, they have to join forces, if Olivia is going to survive.

The story his told in 1st person and puts us in Olivia’s thoughts, making it easier to feel her fears and worries. We also get to experience Mia’s reactions once the story begins to switch between their POV’s. The writing is perky and there’s also a sarcastic humour to it. There’s a playfulness at times, but then the seriousness of the situation hits the reader square in the face. At the halfway mark it suddenly took off for me. There was one heck of a surprise, that I did not see coming at all. I enjoyed the story and would like to read more in this world.

I was given this ARC for review.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good premise
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2020
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*spoilers*

I liked the psychological plotline, but the action / othello part was.... meh?

How did the kidnapper get inside to fetch Mia when they had prepared their abode with claymore traps?
I have a pet peeve against books which just have to have a “scheming enemy” succeed with his diabolical plans and the hero have to rescue the damsel in distress in the third act. I’d hope his was subverted when I read about the duo’s preparation but they apparently shouldn’t even had bothered.... kinda lost interest there and then.
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Alexx
5.0 out of 5 stars Book 2; more fiends, more fun and edgy
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2020
Book two from this author, and it did not disappoint. Continuing in the same “universe” as the first book, we get to see new characters from the community center for fiends unfold in this tale, as well as some guest appearances.

Unlike the first installment, this book goes a bit darker, dealing with very human issues for a non human--a vampire--and how she copes with it. It is not often the protagonist has to come to terms with their PTSD, or even have the life experiences to warrant it, but Olivia has struggled for centuries. It’s only in an unlikely encounter--with one Dr. Amelia Sun--does she realize how bad it is, and that there might actually be hope for her in confronting, and maybe, conquering it. And, not only is there the romance aspect, but also an intriguing antagonist with quite the twist.

The overall story is compelling and well done, with the characters effortlessly drawing your empathy and fight scenes that leave you guessing. You may have read vampire stories before, and even vampire romance, but not like this. Olivia is one of a kind, and you can’t not laugh at, or with, Mia and her nihilistic look on just about everything besides animals or fiends.

Definitely a different pace, but a very fun and exciting book to read. You’ll be wishing for more of these fiends by the end--I certainly do.
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Miss Noh Mar
5.0 out of 5 stars Intense, Heart-wrenching, Honest
Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2021
Mia and Olivia are marvelous characters who are unique and charming. Well-written, if sometimes panic-inducing, the story takes fun and sometimes not "fun" turns that make it interesting all the way through.

I'm not usually a vampire-genre loving person, but this book was well-written, dynamic, and a great read. It makes the genre shine and far more fascinating to me.

P.S. This book deeply affected me. When you struggle with difficult thoughts, it can feel like you're never enough, particularly if you have chronic mental illness that would make immortality the worst fate imaginable. I felt loved reading this book, and I will never forget it.
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