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The Scarlet Veil

Shelby Mahurin

4.09 AVERAGE


Oh my god the way this book got me gawking-
I absolutely cannot BELIEVE the ending of it, and I’m so annoyed that I have to wait until September for the next book
adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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
adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes

I read Serpent and Dove and that trilogy (and I did enjoy them) mostly so I could read this book and I am so glad I did. This is one of the best books in YA I have read in a while. Romance isn't exactly the main focus whereas in the other trilogy it does feel more of a focus, however the way the found family trope continued on made me so happy. It also meant the enemies to sort-of lovers grew more naturally.
adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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: Yes
medium-paced
medium-paced
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

This book is amazing. I haven’t read the author’s previous series so I was a little confused for a while reading this one, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. I love Célie & Michal so much and I hope they get their eternity together eventually. I don’t know how I’m going to survive until the second book comes out.