Reviews

Empire of the Damned by Jay Kristoff

raechel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

Who knew I would happily read 1400+ pages of horny Bloodborne fanfiction in a single year.

We return to Gabriel locked in his tower, in a land ruled by vampires. He continues his story of how he lost the Grail, the world's only salvation to bring back the sun. We refreshingly get a second POV in this book, which I really enjoyed. 

If you haven't read the first book, you're really going to have to in order for this one to make sense. We see more characters introduced, Gabriel getting found out for his horrible deeds last book, and we also learn more about the vampire powers and their lore.

Some of the twists are a bit predictable, but I liked them. The art is just as gorgeous as it was last book. And yes, everyone is bisexual and thirsty. Looking forward to the third book.

akj_stat's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

literatureish_liz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

chipsandcoffee's review against another edition

5.0

Despair.

citrus_water's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

semellark's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

elevenwalruses11's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

maggiems's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

emilynhansen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

novelshire's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

4.75