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sofipitch's review
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
So I found on the wikipedia for this book series that when the author first wrote this book it was 700+ pages, which were them split up into the first three books of the series. Which explains a lot of why I didn't feel this book worked for me. It felt super slow going, with virtually no plot, I just felt like I was being blasted with info on how the universe it's set in works. I tend to not like fantasy where you have to chug and keep track of a lot of lore to know what's going on (I was never a lotr fan for the same reason). So I'm not saying this book is bad, it's just not for me.
This book is dialogue heavy, it almost feels like watching a tv show or movie in that way. Sometimes the dialogue can be clunky bc information I assume the characters already know is being shared with the audience through the conversation. I'm surprised (not really bc of racism 🙄) that this series doesn't have a tv/movie adaptation. It has a lot of promise for that sort of thing, especially bc I do feel like conveying info through dialogue is more common on screen than in books.
I did like how gorey it was. This series is compared to Buffy the vampire slayer because they are both about female vampire hunters, but this series is a lot more horror-y than buffy was. I also really liked how the wealth of vampires was shown as being evil and condemned. Since Anne Rice's books tend to romanticize wealth, it's nice for it to be shown how anyone who quickly amasses a ton of money quickly didn't do so ethically.
I won't read more books in thos series, a lot of it seems to focus on the push and pull, will they won't they between Damali and Carlos and I just don't like Carlos 🤷♀️
For triggers I put minor homophobia, but I feel like that was just bc of the character's perspective, a preacher's wife, not the author (as far as I could tell). But it still might be triggering to some the way the character talks.
This book is dialogue heavy, it almost feels like watching a tv show or movie in that way. Sometimes the dialogue can be clunky bc information I assume the characters already know is being shared with the audience through the conversation. I'm surprised (not really bc of racism 🙄) that this series doesn't have a tv/movie adaptation. It has a lot of promise for that sort of thing, especially bc I do feel like conveying info through dialogue is more common on screen than in books.
I did like how gorey it was. This series is compared to Buffy the vampire slayer because they are both about female vampire hunters, but this series is a lot more horror-y than buffy was. I also really liked how the wealth of vampires was shown as being evil and condemned. Since Anne Rice's books tend to romanticize wealth, it's nice for it to be shown how anyone who quickly amasses a ton of money quickly didn't do so ethically.
I won't read more books in thos series, a lot of it seems to focus on the push and pull, will they won't they between Damali and Carlos and I just don't like Carlos 🤷♀️
For triggers I put minor homophobia, but I feel like that was just bc of the character's perspective, a preacher's wife, not the author (as far as I could tell). But it still might be triggering to some the way the character talks.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Blood, and Body horror
Minor: Homophobia
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