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3.43 AVERAGE
3.43 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
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:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
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
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
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
I absolutely love it! The characters, the historical aspects, then vampires! Like give it all to me! I love the world-building the author does in this story while still advancing the plot. It is so fascinating to read something like this! I really like Odessa, Jerusalem, and Alexei. It's awesome to see how these characters are so different but come together so well when they need to. I will certainly keep an eye out for this author in the future.
5/5 stars for battle, love, friendship, and weapons!
**Thank you to NetGalley for providing a free review copy. I am leaving this review voluntarily.
5/5 stars for battle, love, friendship, and weapons!
**Thank you to NetGalley for providing a free review copy. I am leaving this review voluntarily.
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
gang …. im so pissed off
- immediately got icked out by Alexei’s POV bc why are you, a white vampire, so down bad for this girl who JUST got outta slavery⁉️ everyone needs to go to hell this is the worst historical setting to have a swirl romance in is this thing on.)&())&(?
- marketed as a romantasy, what about this screams romance wtf I wanted a historical fantasy about a former slave killing racist white vamps wtf is this shit. don’t piss me off rn
- im not sitting through a 300+ page book with that kinda romance at the forefront idgaf‼️
- immediately got icked out by Alexei’s POV bc why are you, a white vampire, so down bad for this girl who JUST got outta slavery⁉️ everyone needs to go to hell this is the worst historical setting to have a swirl romance in is this thing on.)&())&(?
- marketed as a romantasy, what about this screams romance wtf I wanted a historical fantasy about a former slave killing racist white vamps wtf is this shit. don’t piss me off rn
- im not sitting through a 300+ page book with that kinda romance at the forefront idgaf‼️
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This more a me problem however, I have little patience with childish characters. The main character really irritated me throughout the entire book. I also not a fan of the modern slang within a book written in the past. Overall I like the story line.
3.5 stars
Jerusalem is a Saint who is out for vengeance against those that enslaved her and she is a BEAST.
Jerusalem is a Saint who is out for vengeance against those that enslaved her and she is a BEAST.
Page 14: I held my breath anyway as she passed so the scent of her blood wouldn’t drive me absolutely feral. I swallowed quickly to keep myself from drooling.
Page 15: I snatched her up and threw her legs over my shoulder, my arm around her waist. A laugh burst out of her as the back of her head hit my stomach, and I reveled in her joy.
🤦🏾♀️ That's a wild inconsistency. It's not been even a page to separate these actions to excuse it as plausible forgetfulness on Alexei's part.
The vernacular used in this time period by Jerusalem isn't matching. It's as if she was transported from the early nineties to 1863. Why have these phrases been used?
Page 34: “Listen, Tiny Saint. Listen.” Alexei shook his head, approaching me casually, like he had the right. “I know I’m the first friend you’ve ever had—”
“Touch me, and you die,” I growled, my killing instinct rising within me as his hand reached toward my chin.
Wut.
More inconsistencies. Their relationship is very weird.
This is reading very much like a fanfic, or something one (usually in their early to mid teens) roleplays between friends or in a rp game. I'm 9% of the way in, and I may call it quits.
Page 49 (14%): I came back to reading after a day, to figure out what it is about this book that I'm not liking, and I think I've figured it out. There's a lot of telling, but not showing. We're told, directly, how Alexei or Jerusalem feel about the other, and especially for Alexei, his "situation". But, personally, I'm used to allusions and metaphors at the most. At the least, I like being shown why these characters like or dislike a person or situation through their actions. We don't get much of a glean into their past interactions to help justify the point readers are at now.
So this book isn't for me, and I won't be continuing at 14%. The premise is giving BuffyxCivil War vibes, but these contradictions put me off. Perhaps others will find the premise very promising and want to read until the end.
Page 15: I snatched her up and threw her legs over my shoulder, my arm around her waist. A laugh burst out of her as the back of her head hit my stomach, and I reveled in her joy.
🤦🏾♀️ That's a wild inconsistency. It's not been even a page to separate these actions to excuse it as plausible forgetfulness on Alexei's part.
The vernacular used in this time period by Jerusalem isn't matching. It's as if she was transported from the early nineties to 1863. Why have these phrases been used?
Page 34: “Listen, Tiny Saint. Listen.” Alexei shook his head, approaching me casually, like he had the right. “I know I’m the first friend you’ve ever had—”
“Touch me, and you die,” I growled, my killing instinct rising within me as his hand reached toward my chin.
Wut.
More inconsistencies. Their relationship is very weird.
This is reading very much like a fanfic, or something one (usually in their early to mid teens) roleplays between friends or in a rp game. I'm 9% of the way in, and I may call it quits.
Page 49 (14%): I came back to reading after a day, to figure out what it is about this book that I'm not liking, and I think I've figured it out. There's a lot of telling, but not showing. We're told, directly, how Alexei or Jerusalem feel about the other, and especially for Alexei, his "situation". But, personally, I'm used to allusions and metaphors at the most. At the least, I like being shown why these characters like or dislike a person or situation through their actions. We don't get much of a glean into their past interactions to help justify the point readers are at now.
So this book isn't for me, and I won't be continuing at 14%. The premise is giving BuffyxCivil War vibes, but these contradictions put me off. Perhaps others will find the premise very promising and want to read until the end.