Reviews

One Heart by Chace Verity

bandherbooks's review

4.0

Only Chace Verity can make me believe that a love interest getting murdered and coming back as a zombie could be sweet, sexy, and so much fun. I loved the world building, the glimpses of characters from Verity's Satisfaction Demon books, and Kit & Vincent

menshevixen's review

5.0

Another banger (literally) from Chace! The sense of playfulness and joy that permeates this author's writing is aspirational and, frankly, a blessing in These Incredibly Precedented Times. Big feelings, big imagination, big [redacted]: why SHOULDN'T there be sprawling universes of creative, fresh-feeling urban fantasy, populated by zombies, demons, necromancers heavy on the romance, the odd human, and more? I especially enjoy Chace's commitment to not-always-glamorous-but-true-to-life settings and locales, and the relationships and realities stemming from the places we live and work. Chace's characters might find themselves in outlandish straits, but the emotions those situations rouse, and the connections Kit and Vincent forge or destroy to deal with what they're going through, are as real and vital as air.

sirvex27's review

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

givemaribooks's review

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I loved this couple, and despite the serious plot the book manages to be very sweet and not heavy at all. It is a slow burn, but I think it worked so well because it just added to the pinning. There was so much pinning! I did struggled with the overuse of epithets, if it wasn't because I was so invested in the story and I've enjoyed every book I've read by this author I might've stopped reading because of that. 

Also I was really happy to see so many characters from previous books. I am a sucker for cameos. 

Check for CW as there is a bit of gore, and one of the main character REALLY is a zombie. 

danni's review

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

 I received this as an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A very fun read and exactly what I needed right now.

Vince is a grumpy enby bartender, who has firm rules against dating coworkers but immediately hits it off with the tall sunshine Kit, and they can't help themselves. It's all very adorable aaaand then Kit dies within the first few chapters.

I was kind of worried at first, considering that one of the main characters dying is a pretty heavy thing to tackle, but I really appreciated the way it was handled. Kit thinks he's been ghosted until he  accidentally revives Kit as a zombie . They work together to try to solve what happened to Kit, Vince's surprise necromancer abilities, and some ghost hunting shenanigans.

Shenanigans spoilers:

a sex curse, made me literally laugh, and was a lot of fun.

Given plot of the book, this had the potential to be a very heavy read. But it maintains a very light feeling throughout. The book wraps up everything very nicely by the end, but leaves a lot open for more to come, and introduces a bunch of characters I want to know more about and I'm very excited to see if more comes of this. 

5 stars - please check this out, because I really loved it. 

jkatiemarks's review

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

• white bi4bi enby x cis m, (technically the enby is bi and “gender doesn’t matter to” the man), human necromancer x revived zombie crush
• and the demons are here!
• this was very very sweet — while it had a plot and some angst between the mcs, it was still warm and soft
• the author’s note talks about how indulgent this book is for them, how much fun they had writing it, and how proud they are of it — and honestly? this really shows! it’s a weird one! and a queer one and a lovely one and a very very worthy one