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The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

226 reviews

porridgegobbler's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

LOVED IT 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Blood, Gore, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual violence, War, and Vomit

katja98's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

What a cute little rom com. Dark, violent and raw.  I could see the ending coming from miles away and it took Oraya way too long to do the maths but given her history it might be understandable. Nevertheless, the book has interesting characters, lots of blood, and a predictable story but that didn't make it any less captivating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Grief, Slavery, Death, Violence, Murder, and Blood

skyfluff's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Murder, Rape, Blood, Body horror, Sexual violence, War, Torture, Death of parent, Death, and Violence

kammorgan's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

Ummmm the first half of this book was for sure entertaining and I feel like I knew where it was going. WELP. The second half was crazy?! And like at the end of the book… I’m mad, confused, and hurt?! Like what just happened lol 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault and Animal death

This was surprisingly super violent. Since they are vampires - like killing is so nonchalant, but wow some of the scenes were pretty gruesome.

spatterson7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Blood, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Genocide, War, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcohol, Torture, Child death, Self harm, and Slavery

e11e_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Blood, Torture, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Slavery and Rape

ihssu0624's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Torture, Abandonment, Rape, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Genocide

radiergummi15's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Warning: slight spoilers, but only for general vibes + context for content warning


Very addictive, good plottwists and cliffhangers, interesting themes (humanity & power(lessness)), not my favorite romance, but still enjoyable. Very interesting parent-child dynamic. I don't know how to handle the ending though (in good and bad ways). Do look up the content warnings and please be aware that the way this book handles the topic of sexual assault might be disturbing to some due to (main) characters making explicit threats about it. Also don't pick this up if you don't want morally gray main characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Murder, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Slavery, and Rape

Minor: Torture, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

theresamothinmyroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Slavery, Violence, Cursing, Gore, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Sexual content, War, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Confinement, Medical content, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Torture, Ableism, Misogyny, Addiction, Slavery, and Hate crime

Minor: Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

boba_n_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Spice Rating: 🌶️🌶️ / 5

The Serpent and the Wings of Night is my first Carissa Broadbent book, and suffice it to say I am HOOKED.

Oraya is the adopted human daughter of the Nightborn vampire king, Vincent, and throughout her 23 years, her father has taught her to do away with her humanity and embrace the vampiric way of life. She is taught time and time again that she can trust no one and that she is prey in a world full of predators. Vincent has always wanted Oraya to be more than just a human, and her chance to do that comes in the form of the Kejari: a legendary tournament hosted by Nyaxia, the goddess of death and mother of all vampires. Oraya is the only human in the tournament and underestimated by most of the other competitors, except for one. She is forced to create an alliance with Raihn, who is a ruthless vampire and an enemy to her father's crown. Despite all of her instincts and training telling her to stay away, Oraya finds herself innately drawn to Raihn for reasons she can't quite explain, and that terrifies her. Especially because, though they may be allies for now, there can only be one victor at the end. 

The author does an excellent job building this world slowly and through anecdotes instead of just telling readers everything about it. I enjoyed the entirety of this book, but once I hit the last 100 pages, just like in a Sarah J. Maas book, sh!t started to go down. And I was here for it. When my husband tried to talk to me, I wouldn't listen because I was that engrossed in the story. 

Broadbent has a way of drawing you in, and the first-person POV helps you truly understand Oraya and come to love her despite her standoffish demeanor and ruthlessness. Though I read a lot of fantasy romance novels, I can assure you this one will stick with me for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cursing, Violence, Sexual content, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Genocide, Sexual assault, and Torture

Minor: Self harm, Death of parent, and Slavery