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I love the sworn soldier series, and the adventures of Alex Easton. This book was really fun, though I found it to be more slow paced and took longer to get to the actual punch in the story than What Moves The Dead. As someone who has grown up learning about urban legends and monsters I was thrilled to read about the Moroi. I am looking forward for the third book in the sworn soldier series.

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itsheyfay's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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danimacuk's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

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vixenreader's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny informative mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

Despite being a smaller story than its predecessor, it is an atmospheric folk tale with loveable characters, an excellent exploration of PTSD, and lot of great world-building.

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yogomagpie's review against another edition

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dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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wordsareworlds's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

A serviceable sequel to What Moves the Dead, but in the end nothing to write home about.

I found myself getting caught up in the way Kingfisher sets this in the fictional country of Gallacia (not to be confused with Galicia, which I did), but plops it down in the middle of real Europe with all its actual history. The myth at play in this book is of the moroi, so there are strong Romanian elements, but honestly the less you think about it the better off you'll be. Vibes only.

This book is also even more self aware than her other works, and I find that the tropes she's using work better when they're not being lampshaded by the character breaking the fourth wall to address the reader to do so. After about the 60% mark she commits to the tone and the entire book gets much better for it.

Overall, I enjoyed it fine but by far not my favorite of Kingfisher's horror works. I'd recommend it for people who want to dip their toe into fantasy horror without being too scared and can be assured of a good outcome.

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aseel_reads's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I liked the characters and setting as always, but I think the main conflict chapter went over my head a little. I wish it was explored more like the first book

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caffeinatedbookwoorm's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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