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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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
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:
Complicated
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Thank you Sourcefire Books and NetGalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review.
3.5 rounded to 4 ✨
In 1926 New York, reapers—vampires —are on the rise. The powerful Saint family controls the city through their reaper-hunting business. Eighteen-year-old Elise Saint, recently back from Paris, is the reluctant heir and more worried about the Harlem reapers who want her dead.
Layla Quinn, a reaper who lost her humanity and parents five years ago, blames Elise for her fate. When Layla is framed for a brutal murder, she's forced to team up with Elise to uncover the truth behind the killings and rumours of a reaper cure.
Once close friends, now enemies, they must navigate their complicated past while facing a growing threat to both reapers and humans.
Sapphic, vampires, mystery, gangsters, 1920s Harlem - as the kids say, the vibes were immaculate.
Mixed feelings on the best friends to enemies to lovers. My expectations were maybe a little different than what was in the book? It didn't quite hit the way I wanted it to and I think this maybe just because of the expectations of these tropes in general. I will say that I do love both the characters and seeing them forced to work together was great. The history between them initially really worked for the tropes but as we learned more about them it kind of lost the edge for me (not a lot I can expand on here without spoilers).
The family dynamics explored in this book were really interesting. Elise and her family's expectations/legacy, Layla and her found family/loss of family. I'm interested to see how these develop in the next book!
I flew through this, it was an easy read. But the pacing did occasionally feel a bit odd and I felt like there were gaps in the plot a bit? Not like a full blown plot hole but I'd feel like I missed something in a scene and had to go back (only to find I hadn't missed anything).
The plot itself was really interesting and I think it set itself up really well for the second book. The mystery did get a little muddled (see earlier comments about feeling like I missed something) but I'm hoping this will improve in book 2.
I'm so pleased for Hayley - having followed her on BookTube for a long time I'm so pleased to see her dream come to life and I'm so so excited to see where she takes us next.
Thank you again Sourcefire Books and NetGalley.
3.5 rounded to 4 ✨
In 1926 New York, reapers—vampires —are on the rise. The powerful Saint family controls the city through their reaper-hunting business. Eighteen-year-old Elise Saint, recently back from Paris, is the reluctant heir and more worried about the Harlem reapers who want her dead.
Layla Quinn, a reaper who lost her humanity and parents five years ago, blames Elise for her fate. When Layla is framed for a brutal murder, she's forced to team up with Elise to uncover the truth behind the killings and rumours of a reaper cure.
Once close friends, now enemies, they must navigate their complicated past while facing a growing threat to both reapers and humans.
Sapphic, vampires, mystery, gangsters, 1920s Harlem - as the kids say, the vibes were immaculate.
Mixed feelings on the best friends to enemies to lovers. My expectations were maybe a little different than what was in the book? It didn't quite hit the way I wanted it to and I think this maybe just because of the expectations of these tropes in general. I will say that I do love both the characters and seeing them forced to work together was great. The history between them initially really worked for the tropes but as we learned more about them it kind of lost the edge for me (not a lot I can expand on here without spoilers).
The family dynamics explored in this book were really interesting. Elise and her family's expectations/legacy, Layla and her found family/loss of family. I'm interested to see how these develop in the next book!
I flew through this, it was an easy read. But the pacing did occasionally feel a bit odd and I felt like there were gaps in the plot a bit? Not like a full blown plot hole but I'd feel like I missed something in a scene and had to go back (only to find I hadn't missed anything).
The plot itself was really interesting and I think it set itself up really well for the second book. The mystery did get a little muddled (see earlier comments about feeling like I missed something) but I'm hoping this will improve in book 2.
I'm so pleased for Hayley - having followed her on BookTube for a long time I'm so pleased to see her dream come to life and I'm so so excited to see where she takes us next.
Thank you again Sourcefire Books and NetGalley.
adventurous
dark
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
writing was honestly a little unclear sometimes, and also this is not the usual genre i read. i wish the characters didnt talk so modernly considering the time period of this book, but it was thoroughly enjoyable. tension was there!
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
slow-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
This is a well written story with very compelling characters. The pacing was a little off towards the end and I had to really push through to finish it but overall it was great
I just could not connect with the story or writing. Love the premise though! Maybe her sophomore book will be better...
Absolutely not the book and I hope to come back to it soon! My library hold was running up and I just didn’t have the time to devote to this.
dark
funny
mysterious
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