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Bloodbound: Reverberations follows vampire-investigator as he races against time, monsters, and his own demons to save his partner in a world split between harsh realities and the haunting beauty of the Other Realm. What inspired the dynamic between Hunter, Kai, and Gibson?
Hunter and Kai are based on the relationship I share with my husband, Tyler. I would say there are aspects of our personalities, history, and experiences woven into their dynamic, just in different proportions than mine and Tyler’s. Gibson, on the other hand, has no real basis on anyone I’ve known personally. I feel he has no filter – like Sophia Petrillo of The Golden Girls – but for many centuries he lacked a moral barometer which allowed him to get away with literal murder in the past.
The Order feels both mythic and bureaucratically terrifying. Was it based on any real-world systems or structures?
I see most bureaucracies as a hellscape – too many cooks not only spoiling the broth but offering their own opinions as to how it got that way. The chain of communication and command always breaks down and never fails to cause chaos. No better way to demonstrate that, I felt, than at an underground organization whose sole mission is to prevent chaos!
How did you develop the concept of a “siphonic” vampire, and what does that metaphor mean to you?
I based the idea on the concept of an ‘energy vampire,’ which traditionally just means someone who wishes to be the center of attention. From that, I developed a demon that feeds off what you’d call “palpable energy,” or the moods created in tense and emotionally-charged situations. Add in the traditional concept of a vampire feeding off a life force, and voila – a demon (or demon-vampire hybrid) that can sustain itself on other people’s anger, fear, and other negative emotions.
If Bloodbound were adapted into a movie, who would you cast as Hunter, Kai, and Gibson?
I’d love Joe Alwyn as Hunter—he already has the sandy hair and that quiet intensity. Darren Barnet would nail Kai’s self-assured warmth, and Ludi Lin brings the long black hair and enigmatic edge Gibson needs.
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When vampire agent Kai Taylor is framed for a brutal murder, the secretive organization known as The Order activates its last resort: Safe Harbor, a deadly countdown that gives his allies six months to prove his innocence. As the clock runs down, a tangled investigation unfolds – one that stretches across dimensions, unearths buried betrayals, and reveals a conspiracy deeper than anyone imagined.
Meanwhile, Hunter Reeves – a vampire-demon hybrid still learning to control his volatile powers – must confront both external enemies and the darkness within. Alongside Kai and their partner Gibson, he navigates love, guilt, and a siphonic hunger that threatens to consume him.
But a forgotten past haunts them all. In a parallel narrative, we return to Kai’s earliest mission, where another frame-up nearly destroyed him – and where the seeds of a much larger war were first sown.
Reverberations is the fifth installment in the genre-defying Bloodbound series – a bold, queer, supernatural thriller blending espionage, horror, and romance. The past is bleeding into the present.
Bloodbound: Reverberations
Bloodbound: Reverberations is an emotionally charged blend of supernatural intrigue and found-family drama. Set across both our world and a richly imagined “Other Realm,” the story follows Hunter Reeves, a vampire-investigator entangled in a deadly bureaucratic countdown to prove the innocence of Kai with Safe Harbor. With the help of his lovers Kai and Gibson, each complex in their own right, Hunter faces internal demons, literal monsters, and the tangled politics of a secretive organization known as The Order. At the heart of it all lies a powerful question: What makes us lose ourselves, and how far will we go to hold on?
I was genuinely pulled into this book’s rhythm. Chase McPherson’s writing is lush without being bloated, cinematic yet deeply personal. The dialogue sings. It’s sharp, fast, and carries real emotional weight. The characters feel lived-in, like old friends with bad habits. Hunter’s struggle with his siphonic nature, the way he feeds on energy, not just blood, mirrors so much of what it means to crave validation, success, and love. The relationship between Hunter, Kai, and Gibson is tender, prickly, and sometimes painfully raw. I bought into them completely. McPherson doesn’t shy away from messiness, and thank god for that.
The plot barrels ahead with twists and turns, alternate selves, ancient crimes, venom-fueled conspiracies, but I sometimes found myself missing the quiet. That said, when the book does pause, it delivers real gut punches: a whispered plea for comfort, a shared meal soaked in sunlight, a song born from longing. It’s those little beats that made me care deeply about these people and their strange, dangerous lives. And I have to say the flashbacks to 1901 were chilling. That sequence alone could’ve been a novella.
Bloodbound: Reverberations is a weird, wild, and heartfelt ride. It’s part supernatural thriller, part slow-burn romance, part rock-band fever dream, and somehow, it all works. If you like stories with found families, alternate realities, and just enough bite (pun intended), this one’s for you. Fans of The Umbrella Academy, Buffy, or queer speculative fiction will feel right at home.
Pages: 162 | ASIN: B0F4SNS9TK
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