3.48 AVERAGE

dark emotional 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
challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

I am so here for this vampire Renaissance that's happening and this one is sapphic! I really enjoyed this fantasy and I'm excited for the sequel! Thank you to NetGalley and to the publisher for my audio ARC!
adventurous challenging 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
slow-paced
dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Thing is I loved it. I just hated the ending. To the point I almost threw the book across the room. I’m sure the goal was to make readers feel angry at how things unfolded and it worked on me. I see a sequel might be coming so maybe after that l’ll be less angry. Still loved it overall though.

This book has a ton of potential, but it seemed to be stretched a little thin. I would’ve preferred a bigger focus on the characters than working so hard to uphold the back and forth plot. That being said, I did enjoy the friendships at play, even if the love story could’ve used a little more pining as opposed to pure tension. 

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adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring 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

Lost my review on this. Wasn’t my favorite.