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4.29 AVERAGE
4.29 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
funny
sad
fast-paced
Honestly, I found it boring and it couldn't keep my attention.
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Great world building, grimdark.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug abuse
Minor: Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Blood, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Very strong dark fantasy book with a compelling main character and overarching story.
Narrated like The Name of the Wind, we are told the story from the main character's point of view. The prose is solid, neither too purple or too plain, the characters are believable and relatable, and there's clearly a lot of effort gone into the world building, especially around the vampire abilities and history.
I found this to be a "vampire version" of the Witcher, just better written and with a better story. All in all, a very good book.
Narrated like The Name of the Wind, we are told the story from the main character's point of view. The prose is solid, neither too purple or too plain, the characters are believable and relatable, and there's clearly a lot of effort gone into the world building, especially around the vampire abilities and history.
I found this to be a "vampire version" of the Witcher, just better written and with a better story. All in all, a very good book.
I will say that for starters, I bought this book for the hype. I wanted something to read for the spooky season and my shelves are not exactly brimming with scary books, so I thought I would give this a go. As with many other teenagers I grew up in the fanatical vampire surge spawned by Twilight, Vampire Diaries and True Blood. And whatever regard I might have had for the vampire was overrun by brooding and overly romanticised characters. So I decided to go into this completely blind and see how I got on. And luckily for me, this book contained all of my favourite fantasy tropes.
- High/epic fantasy with incredible world building including history, culture, folklore etc
- Slow paced character development
- Comic moments and sassy characters
- Good balance of action/non-action scenes
- Incredibly dark and gritty – not for the faint hearted
- Plenty of twists and turns
This might be a bit of a spoiler but my pitch for this book would be ‘Shadow of the Wind + Da Vinci Code + Vampires’ – the book is told from a central character who is telling his story to a chronicler while in prison. The story that he tells moves back and forth between his younger years and training, and then the events of a specific quest. What perhaps differentiated this book from other vampire novels is the fact that it is based in a completely new vampire world, whereas almost all of the vampire novels that I have read in the past have been set alongside our own world. The creature does share some of the same characteristics as its contemporaries, but the book is far darker and grittier than most that I have read, which I loved.
In terms of ratings, this is probable closer to a 4.5 rounded, up,, as there were some predictable ‘fantasy plot points/tropes’ that came into place which were a bit too obvious at times, but overall the story was told very very well, and had me gripped from start to finish. Now I just need to wait for the next one to be released.
- High/epic fantasy with incredible world building including history, culture, folklore etc
- Slow paced character development
- Comic moments and sassy characters
- Good balance of action/non-action scenes
- Incredibly dark and gritty – not for the faint hearted
- Plenty of twists and turns
This might be a bit of a spoiler but my pitch for this book would be ‘Shadow of the Wind + Da Vinci Code + Vampires’ – the book is told from a central character who is telling his story to a chronicler while in prison. The story that he tells moves back and forth between his younger years and training, and then the events of a specific quest. What perhaps differentiated this book from other vampire novels is the fact that it is based in a completely new vampire world, whereas almost all of the vampire novels that I have read in the past have been set alongside our own world. The creature does share some of the same characteristics as its contemporaries, but the book is far darker and grittier than most that I have read, which I loved.
In terms of ratings, this is probable closer to a 4.5 rounded, up,, as there were some predictable ‘fantasy plot points/tropes’ that came into place which were a bit too obvious at times, but overall the story was told very very well, and had me gripped from start to finish. Now I just need to wait for the next one to be released.
adventurous
dark
emotional
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