Reviews

Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff

anarkies's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

4.0

laurmacaroni's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.75

louisegraveyard's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

jenna_dash's review against another edition

adventurous challenging medium-paced

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

4.5

cccrystalclear's review against another edition

Didn’t care for any of the characters. Was a slog

skygge's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.25

mooncake98's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

4.25

nerdyforbooks_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Yes, yes, yes 🙌🏻 oh my god I loved this whole damn ride. I was worried about this one as it seems to be fairly split where people either really love it or they really hate it. Definitely thought I might be in team hate as I can’t seem to get on the train of popular epic fantasy/grim dark types lately. It had me gripped from the start.

I’m not typically big on the interview/story telling type book. Something about this one though? Nailed it. It could be because I love Gabriel’s snarky ass edge lord vibe 🤷🏼‍♀️ call me a basic bitch, IDC. This was interesting, this was unique, this was dark without being dark “just because.” 

It did have a weird dry spell around ~650, but damn it righted that quickly. Also, yes it’s long and building a whole story/background. I didn’t mind - I was here for it. Yes it’s got gross & dark moments - it’s uhm… a vampire book. 

This felt very much like reading a version of Castlevania & I loved every moment. Book 2 here I come. Let’s goooo!

bschase's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

betseywj's review against another edition

I may try this again later, but it’s so long/world building seemed involved and right now i do not have the bandwidth. I’ll likely try again once the series is complete.