Rockstar Book Tours presents... BLOODY FOOL FOR LOVE by William Ritter - REVIEW + GIVEAWAY!

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Welcome back to Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers.

Today is definitely one of those fangirl type days because the spot I'm hosting on the current Rockstar Book Tours promotion is definitely from a world of LOVE!  Well, okay, so it has fangs, and all sorts of paranormal critters and such, but it's from the BUFFYVERSE so how can you say no?! That's right. I am thrilled to be hosting BLOODY FOOL FOR LOVE by William Ritter, out now via Disney Publishing Group. Check out my review post below and make sure to enter the giveaway before you head over to the other sites participating in today's tour! 

Title: BLOODY FOOL FOR LOVE: A Spike Novel

Author: William Ritter

Pub. Date: August 2, 2022

Publisher: Disney Publishing Group

Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Pages: 256

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

Bloody Fool for Love from New York Times best-selling author William Ritter marks the beginning of an all-new series that explores prequel stories about fan-favorite Buffy characters. 

A verified villain. A slayer killer. A god among vampires. And most of all? A hopeless romantic...

Spike just wants to enjoy the spoils of his new badass reputation. He’s now a legendary slayer killer, and he’s returning to London—the greatest city in the world. Unfortunately, his new abode is far from ideal (a dank basement), and the rest of his strange little “family” is reeling from the fact that their patriarch, Angellus, abandoned them. Spike’s love, Drusilla, seems especially heartbroken and spends her time lost in her tarot cards and planning their next gruesome family dinner when they all can be reunited. 

Desperate to break Dru out of her melancholy, Spike vows to steal a powerful relic that will help her focus on their dark future together. It’s the perfect plan—that is until a monster named Gunnar, leader of the demon underworld of London, steals the relic first. Forced to form his own ragtag group of underworld denizens, Spike plans an epic heist against a ruthless gang of undead criminals. As he navigates paranormal plots, royal black ops, and breaks for teatime (they may be abominations, but they’re British abominations, thank you very much), Spike soon realizes that his homecoming is about to get bloody. 

This rompy, action-packed novel inspired by one of Buffy’s most infamous bad boys is part Bonnie and Clyde, part Sherlock and Watson, with just a bit more bloodsucking. 

Reviews:
"Ritter introduces several charismatic new side characters and nails the fan favorites’ voices, from Spike’s wisecracks to Dru’s hilariously bizarre musings. The tone―a mashup of funny, dark, and thrilling―fits perfectly with the show...This entertaining story will please Buffy fans and is easily accessible to newcomers who appreciate charming paranormal baddies...A diverting Buffyverse tale."―Kirkus Reviews

 

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Guys. Guys. GUYS! GUYS!

Yeah, you there!

Remember the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer? 

 The TV series, not the movie.

The characters, the storyline, the ups, downs, and in-betweens?

Yeah, this will TOTALLY take you back there in the BEST way possible!

Though the author may not have had a hand in the original writing, he certainly nailed Spike, and his cohorts at the time, PERFECTLY.  From fangs to hang ups, dialogue to lack of planning, you feel like you've stepped back in time before the Buffy days and are catching up with big bad William the Bloody.  Fresh from his slayer kill, and hanging with two of his three "family" members...Angelus had a pesky soul again...Spike is heading back to jolly old England.  However, times have changed and there's a new paranormal force in town, bigger and badder than the vamps...or so they say.  I mean, when has Spike ever backed down from a challenge, especially when it involves something Drusilla wants.  Anything to keep his little lady happy, am I right?  Things get out of hand, as usual, and by book's end, the walls are all crumbling down, figuratively AND literally...but you'll swear to having had the best time of your life (or afterlife, if that happens to be your current state).

Fans of the original will find themselves comfortably at home between the pages as we take a closer look at the life and times of a character that had a pretty big story arc as the series continued, and yet we only saw a fraction of his past.  It was quite a relief to see how well the author pegged William (ironic that he shares a name with the lead...🤯), as well as Dru (so much creepiness there!) and Darla (always thinking ahead, but never shying from the action!).  I, for one, enjoyed myself immensely, and can't wait to see if we get more additions to Spike's story as well as those of the other characters to let fans revel in the world once again and invite new readers into the fold!

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About the author...

William Ritter is an author of YA and MG fantasy who made his debut in 2014 with the New York Times best-selling Jackaby series. He is also an Oregon educator and a proud father of two.

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Giveaway Details:

1 winner will receive a finished copy of BLOODY FOOL FOR LOVE, US Only.

Ends September 6^th, midnight EST.

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Special thanks to the Rockstar Book Tours team for the chance to bring this tour to you and to the publisher for the ARC for review. (THANKS!) For more information on this title, the author, the publisher, this tour, or those on the horizon, feel free to click through the links provided above. This title is available now, wherever books are sold. Catch the rest of the tour for more bookish fun!

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