Cold Blood Warm Heart

(Consortium Trilogy)

By: BL Maxwell

Narrated by: Guy Veryzer

Leon is adjusting to his new existence as a vampire, but so far Ben has kept him safely isolated in the wilderness of Alaska where he was created.

Ben wants Leon to spend time with his friends, and hopes his new mate is ready to be out in the world of humans.

Ben and Leon are newly mated vampires trying to find their place in the world. Somehow spending Christmas with two more vampires is the least shocking thing in this new world Leon is trying to navigate.#ParanormalRomance, #MMParanormal, #FatedMates, #Vampires

©2023 BL Maxwell (P)2025 BL Maxwell

Ben & Leon

I enjoyed this holiday novella of Ben and Leon's story. We get to know this new couple and to catch up with previous characters. The audiobook for this isn't very long but it was enjoyable to listen to. I loved Guy Veryzer's narration for this.

I received an ARC and this is my unbiased opinion

MM vampire romance

Cold Blood Warm Heart by B.L. Maxwell is a wonderful short story about MM vampire romance. Guy Veryzer did a fantastic job with the narration. Leon is a newly turned vampire whose mate is Ben. Ben wants Leon to spend Christmas with some of Ben’s friends, and to see if Leon has the control needed to be around humans without killing them. The only bad thing is it’s short wish it was longer, but there will be more to the series.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review. Highly recommend

Wonderful story.

I truly loved how well this short story explains how Ben and Leon’s story fits into the trilogy. The acceptance of their lives together as mates and the love that they share is great. I am glad that I was able to read this piece of the story and definitely recommend this whole book collection to everyone who loves mm romance stories especially written by BL Maxwell.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Okay

I loved the premise of this story, but since it was very short and in between books in the series, not much actually happens. Ben is taking his newly turned vampire mate to spend Christmas with his friends. All the story really amounts to is Ben reminding Leon he can't feed from humans, and has to control his thirst and desire to hunt around them. They get gas, hunt a bear, have one intimate scene, and then meet the friends at the end. That's it.

I would have liked to see them with the friends more and actually celebrate Christmas. This kind of felt like filler in the books themselves that was trimmed out to make the story more concise and then was turned into a bonus story. I'm going to listen to the next book and I think that will give me more of what I was hoping for.

Guy Veryzer did a good job with the narration. I listen to him in increased speed, though, so it doesn't sound so slow.

Overall: 3 stars
Performance: 3 stars
Story: 2 stars

Nice

This is a really good audiobook I love the narration it the perfect voice for this book. In my opinion the book was so short, but very good and enjoy.