Danse Macabre vs Love in Vein: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Erotic stories, Vampires, Horror, Fiction
Danse Macabre
Fans have been waiting to sink their fangs into an all-new Anita Blake hardcover in the New York Times bestselling series.These days, Anita Blake is less interested in vampire politics than in an ancient, ordinary dread…
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Love in Vein
“He was done up all mysterious-like-black bandanna covering half his face, black duster, black boots and hat.”
Twenty stories of vampiric erotica, or more precisely depravity with sex prominently featured. People are skinned alive and a pair of women make love to a man until he dies. Edited by the author of Drawing Blood.
The verdict
- Readers rate Danse Macabre highest: Danse Macabre 3.8 · Love in Vein 3.6.
- Danse Macabre has the widest readership — 48894 ratings behind its score.
- Danse Macabre runs the darker storyline; Love in Vein stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Danse Macabre | Love in Vein | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (48894) | 4.2 (4) |
| Hardcover | 3.2 (75) | 1.6 (4) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (16) | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (275) | — |
Reception
| Danse Macabre | Love in Vein | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 48894 | 4 |
| Editions | 5 | 10 |
| Citations | 1 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 10354 | — |
| Reading it now | 570 | — |
| Written reviews | 1080 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 170 | 1462 |
| Pages | 459 | 410 |