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4.53 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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: Yes
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional tense

Fuckโ€ฆ
๐™„โ€™๐™ข ๐™œ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™™๐™–๐™ง๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ.
Myโ€ฆ
๐™„โ€™๐™ข ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™ค๐™ค๐™ .
Face!
 
When Kristoff says pain he means it. Soul destroying agony. However, what a read! I was nervous that it wouldnโ€™t compare to book 1 but, oh, how wrong I was. 

Yet again, a masterclass in writing. Exquisite, dark, gory, brutal, emotional โ€” all of those things and more. This is a book that I slept next to, a book that I hugged, a book that I cried into; and also one that had me belly laughing, and grinning like an idiot. Basically, this book kind of became a friend, and Iโ€™m really going to miss it. Books like these donโ€™t come around often, so I urge you to take your time and cherish it. I would give anything to read it for the first time again already.

My full review on the series will be out once Iโ€™ve read book 3 (probably in 2030 by the time weโ€™ve all recovered) but I reiterate what I said last time: MASTERPIECE. Go read them!

โ€œ๐™„โ€™๐™™ ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™™๐™ž๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก. ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™—๐™š๐™˜๐™–๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐™– ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™– ๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ ๐™ก๐™š๐™จ ๐™ข๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™™. ๐™๐™ค ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™ . ๐™๐™ค ๐™›๐™š๐™–๐™ง ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™›๐™–๐™ž๐™ก. ๐˜ผ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™™๐™ง๐™–๐™œ๐™ค๐™ฃโ€™๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™ž๐™ง๐™š ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ช๐™š. ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™—๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ฉ. ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™›๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก. ๐™‹๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค ๐™™๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ค ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ค ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ. ๐™๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™จ๐™š ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™–๐™˜๐™š๐™›๐™ช๐™ก ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™—๐™š๐™™๐™จ, ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค ๐™จ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™›๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™ก๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™šโ€ฆ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™š ๐™จ๐™–๐™ž๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก?โ€
challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

4,75โญ๏ธ

J'AI ADORร‰ ! ร‡a aurait รฉtรฉ un 5/5 si y'avait pas les quelques scรจnes explicites inutiles... ร€ part ce point noir, j'aime vraiment trop cette histoire et les personnages (les nouveaux comme les anciens) โค๏ธ

C'est sombre, c'est sanglant, ce n'est pas dans la dentelle mais c'est tellement agrรฉable ร  lire ! J'aime beaucoup la plume de Jay Kristoff car elle apporte quelque chose au rรฉcit et au rythme, chaque personnage est hyper bien travaillรฉ, le monde est fascinant et l'intrigue est pleine de plot twists qui me laissent sur les fesses
adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Actual Rating: 3.5 stars

I struggled with the pacing through a good portion of this book, but there were still a lot of great moments and worldbuilding. And that ending? Insanity. We need the next book ASAP.

Contains:
-Violence, Gore, Brutality, Torture
-Abuse
-Sexual Content
-Language
-Grief

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Gabriel is such a great character. Real but flawed.
Dior is such a great counterpart for him. Keeping him real and letting his flaws be what they are.
Celene is a great addition to the story, adding a new point of view and storytelling style.

Vampires everywhere: the sequel. Does. Not. Disappoint. I loved it. A lot. Intrigue. Mystery. Adventure. Yes. Thereโ€™s gonna be another one, right? Has to be.

Aiiiiiiiieeeeee this was so sad and great and scary and exciting and beautiful. 4.5/5 Stars. I thought that the pacing leading up to the moons throne/ in the Dyvok fortress may have dragged wee bit but near the end I couldn't stop reading it was so good. Having that piece of the prophesy click into place was magnifique. The two storytellers and their sassy lil' chronicler have excellent banter and squabbling. Both of the guys bonding over finding Celene loathsome and her telling them to just get it over with and kiss... I squealed with happiness. OMG the reveal at the end!!! AHHHH!
adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes