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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
DNF the characters felt flat the writing over descriptive of things that did not move forward the plot. This would have been better served as a short story and a better editor.
4.75 ⭐️ rounded up
Thank you NetGally for the ARC!
I’ve been following Hayley’s journey on TikTok for quite some time now. I’ve been waiting and waiting for this book and I was able to read it!!!
I really enjoyed this book. I truly did. Elise and Layla are such interesting and complex characters. Layla was my favorite! I love Elise and Layla’s bond. I love reading about vampires and I thought this was done incredibly well.
I’m absolutely hooked and am looking forward to the sequel.
The representation in this book was phenomenal. I thought the writing was quite elegant.
I love when sapphics
Thank you NetGally for the ARC!
I’ve been following Hayley’s journey on TikTok for quite some time now. I’ve been waiting and waiting for this book and I was able to read it!!!
I really enjoyed this book. I truly did. Elise and Layla are such interesting and complex characters. Layla was my favorite! I love Elise and Layla’s bond. I love reading about vampires and I thought this was done incredibly well.
I’m absolutely hooked and am looking forward to the sequel.
The representation in this book was phenomenal. I thought the writing was quite elegant.
I love when sapphics
tense
slow-paced
I got to a scene in which one character was interrogating another, asked one question, and then had a meltdown when she didn't get answers and I thought "that's enough".
It was okay. The setting and character dynamics were cooled and well written. I don’t think this was for me, though.
this review might be impacted by my hatred for doing different voices in audiobooks but the plot at the end lost me a bit.
dark
emotional
fast-paced
dark
emotional
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
DNF'd early into the book because it is a dual pov between the main characters but each chapter was incredibly short. Nothing was really said in the space of time for us to cut away to the next POV for me to grasp onto any character equally.
The other thing, it's mentioned early on that the 2 MCs had a major falling out - but every section ended with a grand call back to an event we don't know. It's fine for a book to keep this hidden but don't mention it after every single chapter that was like 2 pages long. Example here: "The next attack, years later and by her own friend, had shattered it." ((This was a flashback to an attack but again referencing the big schism.)
The other thing, it's mentioned early on that the 2 MCs had a major falling out - but every section ended with a grand call back to an event we don't know. It's fine for a book to keep this hidden but don't mention it after every single chapter that was like 2 pages long. Example here: "The next attack, years later and by her own friend, had shattered it." ((This was a flashback to an attack but again referencing the big schism.)
Could not get into the story and didn't connect with the characters.