My Vampire Duke

De: Amy Horikami

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

***UPDATED with REVISIONS (2024)

Pride and Prejudice meets TWILIGHT! In this Paranormal Regency Romance that is a MUST READ!!!

Left destiture by their father's debts. Ellie and Lucy (two sisters) leave the London scene to try and make a life in their country estate in Wotton. Ellie gets hired as a maid in the mysterious Duke of Melbourn's household, but all is not as it seems. With danger lurking around every corner and a mysterious Duke who will not show his face, but touches Ellies heart in a cold and thrilling way, she wonders if moving was such a good idea.

A Hilariously Weird Review

Imagine Jane Austen and Edward Cullen teamed up to co-author a bonkers Regency romance—and then someone accidentally invited a vampire Duke into the ballroom dance of words. That, dear reader, is My Vampire Duke in a nutshell.

We begin in the pallid drawing rooms of a crumbling English estate called Wotton, where two penniless sisters—Ellie and Lucy—arrive, having inherited not a fortune but a mountain of their late father’s debts  . If scandalous financial ruin were a Regency dance, they’d be clashing under the chandelier.

Ellie, ever the plucky sister, secures a position as a maid in the Duke of Melbourn’s household. Of course, he’s mysterious, shadowy, and probably brooding behind a velvet curtain—or maybe hiding under his own cape—touching hearts with the subtlety of an icy caress  . It’s like Pride & Prejudice had a Twilight-themed mashup with a gothic undertone.

Weird Winsomely Imagined Highlights
• Swoony, Shadowy Duke Vibes: The Duke of Melbourn is basically “Mr. Darcy, but nocturnal.” He hides his face, yet manages to be irresistible—like riddle wrapped in a dark secret, dipped in smoldering desire.
• Pride Meets Paranormal: It’s sweet, stiff-upper-lip Regency etiquette squeezed into the sleek, fang-tipped world of vampires. Think proper tea parties by day, clandestine fang-adjacent whispers by moonlight.
• Atmosphere of “Should I Be Worried?”: Danger lurks “around every corner,” because what’s a vampire romance without the faint smell of garlic—or better yet, the fear that you are the garlic?  .

According to Audible, the narration clocks in at around 2 hours and 35 minutes—short but (non-)sweet—and garners an “Overall” rating of 3.5 out of 5, with the story itself getting a middling 2.5 . In other words: Entertaining, if you don’t expect highbrow—or highbite.

In Other Words…

If you’re craving something that feels like wearing a velvet gown with a bite, this is your bizarre ballroom. The narrative prances between Regency charm and vampire chills, occasionally tripping over its own shadowy charm. It’s not profound, but it is a guilty, gleaming pleasure—like sipping tea one moment and fang-dripping cocoa the next.

So, leave your expectations at the door, maybe bring a garlic clove as a punchline, and dive into this uncanny pairing of etiquette and eternal night. My Vampire Duke is not so much a literary masterpiece as it is a theatrical delight—charming, occasionally cheesy, and absolutely weird in the best possible way.

I found the story truly lacking

There was no meat to the story. Just when it really got started it was over. It was like some one gave you the first chapters to wet your mind and then stopped. This could have went so much better if they had went further into the story to fight the bad vampires and ware wolves. Maybe had one gone missing and they have to rescue them. BUT NOPE spoiler alert the women just discover who they are and it’s over. REALLY. The virtual voice isn’t that bad actually.

Inauthentic 

Y’all this is not an authentic regency story. It screams “21st century author poorly writing regency era fiction”. I have yet to finish this story but it’s aggravating because I did not want a 21st century interpretation of a regency story. I wanted a regency story. This ain’t it. Even the idioms used are not dated correctly!! Definitely needs developmental editing.