3.83 AVERAGE


I was very disappointed in this book. It had all of the components to be a great book, but failed miserably! The first 300 pages are nothing but vampires and witches doing yoga and reading in a library. If she would have limited that storyline I think this could have been a great book. Everytime there would be the slightest bit of suspence she'd kill it. Over all i wish she would have cut the first half of the book out. I will probably read the series just because I'm a sucker for series books, but not my first choice.
emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It's giving Twilight postgrad. Very dark academia vibes. Love the relationship between Matthew and Diana. Love her magic potential.
Love the "who hurt you" moments but she could have saved herself. The last 25% was very exposition heavy. Hope it pays off later in the series.
adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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
dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Interesting different magical world. Couldn’t help think of Twilight when reading about vampires - clearly the same personality tropes. Middle was slow while waiting for things to happen and developing the romance 
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

Obálka knihy stojí fakt za to.
Zacatek trosku nudny. Na me spoooouuustaaa “odbornych” veci k reseni. Ale zapada to do deje a je to zase neco jineho.
Tahle kniha je tak trochu mix vedy a fantasy sveta. Vsechno se toci kolem kamene mudrcu, alchymie, DNA nadprirozenych bytosti a carodejnic.
Ovsem jakmile prijde na scenu dokonale vyhlizejici upir dej se zacina posouvat a zacina ta prava jizda, ktera zavinila precteni 540 strankove knihy za 4 dny 😂😂
Furt se neco deje. Kniha ma i oddechove casti i casti popisne, ale za me super.
Ze zacatku jsem mela obavy. Kdyz mi pristala do rukou takhle ohromna kniha, rikala jsem si. Tyvole snad to nebude děs.
A ona to nakonec byla takovahle jizda.
Ja tedy doporucuji. Zase neco noveho a skveleho. Kniha i trosku zahrnuje popsani prace historika a dalsich vedeckych zamestnani, ale ja to beru jako pozitivum.
U dokonaleho deje je potreba najit obcas situaci, kterou si ctete porad dokola. Ja ji v teto knize nasla a vracela jsem se k ni dost casto. 😍😁
Upiri krasavec vali. Sice je majetnicky, ale je to proste upir. Dokonala bytost.
Takze hura do ni.
Ja zacinam uz druhy díl 🌹

delsr17's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 27%

so boring i fell asleep multiple times