2.44k reviews for:

Empire of the Damned ARC

Jay Kristoff

4.53 AVERAGE

beth_0219's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bibliophyle's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

toriepeters's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

maxr1234765's review against another edition

5.0

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

emilyinvelaris's review against another edition

5.0

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So far, this is the book of the year for me. Empire of the Vampire was great, and this was stellar. I don’t know if any other author that can write with such heart, humor, and attention to detail. One of my favorite parts of reading a JK book is that he’s spectacular at world building, but it never feels like work. It feels like a natural part of the story, and all the colorful characters make it all the more compelling. I wasn’t over the moon about Gabriel or Dior in the first book, but they both really grew on me in this book. Really, all the characters did, and I feel like the characters that were introduced in this book were all great choices and breathed a lot of new life into the story.
When I said I wanted a good vampire series, this is what I was talking about.
Jay Kristoff is The Man.

elisabeth_reads_smut's review against another edition

5.0

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I’m broken now.

I avoided reading the last 300 pages for as long as I could, knowing that Mr. Kristoff would ruin me and torture every character I love. Wasn’t wrong. But I loved every second.

swissbookdragon's review against another edition

5.0

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Reading this book has been a rollercoaster! After the first book I was prepared for a slow beginning but the story picked up right where Empire of the Vampire ended. There was so much happening from the beginning that I felt I had hardly time to breathe or process what I was reading. I was swept away by the story and it was almost impossible to put the book down. I liked the first book but I absolutely loved the second which is unusual as often prefer the first book in a series. The addition of Celene‘s point of view added so much depth to the story and I really enjoyed the chronological order of the retelling of events in the Holy Grail‘s story. About halfway through I suspected that there would be another book in this series and I was right. I can’t believe that after almost 1‘500 pages the story still hasn’t reached the battle between Gabriel and Fabién Voss. Now I‘m (not so) patiently awaiting Book #3…

maddielegro's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark reflective

bronwynpsd's review against another edition

5.0

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This dark gothic winter combination is really just scratching my brain right now. I loved every minute of this and I didn’t wanna leave. It took me so long simply because I was enjoying it so much.

jenn_the_unicorn's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional 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