This is a VERY tentative recommendation. There is a lot to like about this game - the artstyle, the music, being set in the World of Darkness, the gothiness if that's your thing - but some... let's call them *quirks* of the writing seemed to deliberately try and sabotage the good things it had going on.
The problems of the game's writing (and being a visual novel, it's 99% writing) can all be summed up in one single word: "Julia". See, most of the characters are pretty good as these things go. They're well written, varied, occasionally inflicted with wanky dialogue, but overall, solid performance. But our main girl Julia... Oooh boy. She starts out alright, as a reporter getting to the bottom of some twisted controversy archetype, but after she inevitably gets turned into a vampire, her few appealing qualities quickly get drowned out by a neverending cascade of endless, pseudo-philosophical inner monologues, insulting characters that are much less infuriating than herself for partially really flimsy reasons, and hogging a lot of playtime that could have been spent focusing on literally anyone else.
I can respect wanting the story to be focused on your main character's perspective, and on principle, I think sticking to their internal perspective like that is a good approach, since it allows the player to get to know them better and become invested in their struggles. But all of that only works when your main character isn't such an infuriatingly obnoxious drama queen that you would rather stake her than empathize with her.
I'm giving Julia flak because I genuinely think that I might have liked this game quite a lot if it had gone with a different kind of protagonist. As it stands, if you think that she's someone you can relate to or vibe with, then you most likely will appreciate her constant presence and will probably have a good time with the story. And I will say that despite my annoyances, the ending I got didn't completely leave me cold. It also did not leave me with much desire to go through the game again for the other ending option, but nevertheless, overall I mostly enjoyed the game in spite of my problems with it, and you might too, or ideally you might get a lot more out of it than I did.

This is a VERY tentative recommendation. There is a lot to like about this game - the artstyle, the music, being set in the World of Darkness, the gothiness if that's your thing - but some... let's call them *quirks* of the writing seemed to deliberately try and sabotage the good things it had going on. The problems of the game's writing (and being a visual novel, it's 99% writing) can all be summed up in one single word: "Julia". See, most of the characters are pretty good as these things go. They're well written, varied, occasionally inflicted with wanky dialogue, but overall, solid performance. But our main girl Julia... Oooh boy. She starts out alright, as a reporter getting to the bottom of some twisted controversy archetype, but after she inevitably gets turned into a vampire, her few appealing qualities quickly get drowned out by a neverending cascade of endless, pseudo-philosophical inner monologues, insulting characters that are much less infuriating than herself for partially really flimsy reasons, and hogging a lot of playtime that could have been spent focusing on literally anyone else. I can respect wanting the story to be focused on your main character's perspective, and on principle, I think sticking to their internal perspective like that is a good approach, since it allows the player to get to know them better and become invested in their struggles. But all of that only works when your main character isn't such an infuriatingly obnoxious drama queen that you would rather stake her than empathize with her. I'm giving Julia flak because I genuinely think that I might have liked this game quite a lot if it had gone with a different kind of protagonist. As it stands, if you think that she's someone you can relate to or vibe with, then you most likely will appreciate her constant presence and will probably have a good time with the story. And I will say that despite my annoyances, the ending I got didn't completely leave me cold. It also did not leave me with much desire to go through the game again for the other ending option, but nevertheless, overall I mostly enjoyed the game in spite of my problems with it, and you might too, or ideally you might get a lot more out of it than I did.