We Love the Nightlife

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER! Locked in a toxic female friendship, two vampires careen toward catastrophe in this dark and dazzling page-turner, set amidst London’s glittering disco scene.
London 1979. Two women with a deep love for disco meet one fateful night on the dance floor, changing the course of both their lives forever. Nicola, a beautiful and brooding vampire for nearly two centuries, can’t resist fun-loving and feisty Amber from America, ultimately offering an eternity together where the glamour of nightlife always takes center stage.
But not all is what it seems.
Nearly fifty years later, after an unexpected betrayal, Amber wants out from under Nicola’s thumb, but it won’t be so simple to break up this festering friendship when she learns others have done the same—and wound up dead. Sensing Amber’s restlessness and in one last play to keep her close, Nicola proposes they open a nightclub of their very own, hearkening back to their best days as dancing queens. Amber agrees but she’s secretly hatching a dangerous escape plan. And if she fails…the party is over for good.

Author	Rachel Koller Croft
Format	Ebook
ISBN	9780593547557
Language	English
Publication Date	08-19-2024
Publisher	Berkley

1 review for We Love the Nightlife

Rated 5 out of 5

Horror-Nerd (verified owner) – 04-30-2025

For a horror novel about disco-loving vampires, this has a much (MUCH) slower pace than I expected. Chapters alternate between our two leads (Amber & Nicola), with chapters jumping forwards and backwards in both their lives. Amber’s chapters focus on her disaffection in her life with Nicola, and her ever growing plans to leave & escape, and Nicola’s focus on her distant past as a human & her initial meeting (and eventual ‘turning’ of Amber into a vampire).
This novel has great concepts but the uneven pacing & weak characterization is what drags down an interesting story. There’s only about half a dozen characters that we focus on (other than Amber & Nicola), and no one seems to be really well defined or be given enough room to breathe.
It’s only after the 50-60% mark where things actually start to happen, when events click into place and lead towards that great finale at the nightclub. But besides a great ending, and a few scary set pieces here and there, this was a disappointing read.

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