Reviews - Zmije a křídla noci

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Zmije a křídla noci

Carissa Broadbent

4.27 AVERAGE

aliceee3's review against another edition

5.0

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 was

when 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.

laloonin's review against another edition

5.0

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.

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viemni's review against another edition

3.0

I truly did love it, I was so captivated by the story and I loved Raihns and Orayas relationship but I can't get over the betrayal. I am all for plot twists and betrayals, but not from the love interest. My heart broke with Orayas when Raihn betrayed her.

I just can't get over it. My love for the book went down when it happened and right now I don't even wanna read the second book because I can't see how their relationship can be fixed. They are not satisfying anymore. I loved their love and now I am just annoyed.

I will give the second book a chance in the future but right now I myself feel betrayed by the author.

Other than that, the book truly and wholeheartedly is amazing.

velinpelin's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous medium-paced

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

erinschwartz's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

stdimov's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional fast-paced

gmichell's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

malaikamartino's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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teddy23's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

miranda_luvsbks56's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I devoured this and can’t wait to read the next. I usually like more sexy time but you really just get banter till 300+ pages when finally!! But I found the plot was so crazy I wasn’t missing out.

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