Review: Space Vampire by Ruby Dixon
💋 Part of the Scared Sexy Collection (Amazon Original Stories)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3.5/5 stars)
Genre: Sci-Fi Romance / Paranormal Romance
Length: Novella (~70 pages)
Leave it to Ruby Dixon to look at Halloween romance and say, “You know what this needs? A vampire. In space.”
Space Vampire pairs a lonely human lab assistant and a bio-engineered vampire clone on an abandoned space station. Dana has spent her life as a human “pet” for an alien scientist—ignored, underestimated, and left behind when the research crew flees a containment breach. Vlad, the experiment they created, is part vampire, part alien, and completely unprepared for the first spark of genuine connection he’s ever felt. Together, they plot their escape, share oxygen (and blood), and discover that even in deep space, there’s still room for tenderness—and maybe love.
This novella is peak Ruby Dixon: equal parts steamy, weird, and unexpectedly sweet. It’s short and a little chaotic, but the forced proximity, the awkward vulnerability of a virgin vampire clone, and the gentle way Dana teaches him trust made it surprisingly heartfelt.
Even if alien sci-fi isn’t usually your thing, Space Vampire delivers on the romance. It’s claustrophobic, sensual, and a little bit ridiculous—exactly the kind of quick, bite-sized adventure Dixon fans will devour.
💋 Tropes & Themes
- 🛸 Forced Proximity (trapped together on an abandoned space station)
- 🧛♂️ Alien / Vampire Hybrid MMC
- 👩🚀 Human FMC
- ❤️ Caretaking / Healing Together
- 🩸 Feeding Scene / Blood Sharing
- 🚀 Escape Mission / Survival Romance
- 💞 Virgin Hero
- 🧬 Experiment Gone Wrong / Lab Setting
- 🌌 Opposites Attract
- 💫 Found Family / Emotional Freedom
⚠️ Content Notes
Explicit sexual content, blood play, references to captivity and past torture, gene experimentation, violence, mention of enslavement (off-page).
🩸 Final Thoughts
Space Vampire is equal parts sexy, strange, and sweet—like Ice Planet Barbarians met Blade on a space station. It won’t convert every reader to the alien-romance side, but it’s a fun, fast, and surprisingly tender story about two broken beings finding humanity in each other.
