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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a great read. It gave major Hunger Games vibes with the trials and fighting to the death. This book follows Oraya. She is the adopted human child of the Nightborn vampire king. She is trying to find her way and survive in the blood thirsty world of vampires, so she enters the Kejari to get a chance to get a wish granted for her protection. She will bind herself to the Nighborn king, where their powers and lives will be connected. She has to fight vampires from three different houses to be crowned champ, so she allies with Raihn, a Rashin vampire. They form a romance , but Orya ultimately ends up killing him by accident in the last trial. She uses her wish to revive him, and Raihn emerges victorious. He uses his wish to restore the Rashin heir line to him, so he becomes the new Nightborn King and kills Oraya's father to conquer their land. We know that Oraya's powers are developing, but we also discover that she has an heir mark. The book ends with Raihn kidnapping Oraya to marry her and combine the kingdoms. I enjoyed the romance aspect and Oraya as a fmc. It was interesting to see how she navigated her world as a human and the complex relationship with her dad. She admired him, but she was still skeptical about him and his motives. She always tried to justify everything he did with his love for her, but it was really control. We learned he manipulated her to join the trials to gain her powers and make her not a threat to his throne. He also promised to take her back to the human lands he rescued her from, only to find out her committed a mass genocide and used the humans as food to fuel his army. This was a captivating read that has me excited to read the next book!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood
Yep yep yep yep.
Amazing, gosh I loved it so much.
The characters, inner monologue, thoughts, anguish, angst, action scenes and romance. The yearning, the sensitivity and consequences to ones actions.
I truly immersed myself in this world and loved every second of it, couldn’t stop reading / pulled my kindle out every chance I got, and now I’m diving in the next one hehe.
✨
Amazing, gosh I loved it so much.
The characters, inner monologue, thoughts, anguish, angst, action scenes and romance. The yearning, the sensitivity and consequences to ones actions.
I truly immersed myself in this world and loved every second of it, couldn’t stop reading / pulled my kindle out every chance I got, and now I’m diving in the next one hehe.
✨
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
this book felt like if a ton of tropes that i enjoyed were thrown in a blender and presented to me in a fun smoothie w a paper umbrella. it wasn’t terribly unique but honestly i had a really good time once i got more into it. once again, i really enjoy carissa broadbents writing style and i hope the next book sells me the way that the second book in the daughter of no worlds trilogy sold me. i am very excited abt how things left off so i’ll see u when i finish book 2
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
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:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Loved it. It’s been awhile since I’ve been addicted to a book.
As always, I have a couple of gripes. For example, surely the vampires would feel insulted that Oraya entered the trials? On the surface, they all act barbaric but deep down appear to be nice. The language they use doesn’t make sense if they’ve been around for hundreds of years. But my biggest gripe waswhen Raihn spoke about his past. I found it creepy that he was a fully grown man with a life and hundreds of years older than her. I thought that once he started talking about that stuff that stuff, it took away from their romance/connection a bit.
Although I do appreciate this is common in fantasy.
I have so many questions I hope get answered in the next book. I’m curious to know why Vincent both wanted Oraya in the first place and then wanted to bond with her when heirs are seen as a threat.
The circumstances around Vincent’s death broke my heart and I found myself surprisingly getting emotional at Oraya’s despair. I felt like Broadbent did a fantastic job really capturing those complex emotions and I really felt them as a reader.
Overall, it kept me interested, the plot was good and the characters were believable. I hope the next one is just as good.
As always, I have a couple of gripes. For example, surely the vampires would feel insulted that Oraya entered the trials? On the surface, they all act barbaric but deep down appear to be nice. The language they use doesn’t make sense if they’ve been around for hundreds of years. But my biggest gripe was
Although I do appreciate this is common in fantasy.
I have so many questions I hope get answered in the next book.
Overall, it kept me interested, the plot was good and the characters were believable. I hope the next one is just as good.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
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
The hunger games meets fae if they were vampires. I was skeptical at first because of the vampires, it’s not my first choice. Not even my fifth. But the world and magic system is so beautifully set up I can hardly complain.
I enjoyed the style of narration as well.Having Vincent in Oraya’s head the whole time we cool.
The plot twists and spins were also captivating.The fact that Oraya spent her whole life with Vincent the King and Vincent the Father, that she was always only loved by half of him. That Raihn always seemed so much the opposite. And then in the end he too becomes two versions: one who loves her and one who is threatened by her. Pain and agony bro.
I enjoyed the style of narration as well.
The plot twists and spins were also captivating.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual assault
Moderate: Rape