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Slaying the Vampire Conqueror by Carissa Broadbent

35 reviews

sibard's review against another edition

5.0

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

luna_lovelace's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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 The story's concept was truly intriguing, but it was riddled with several inconsistencies that made it difficult to appreciate. The most significant issue was the unexplained resolution of how the protagonist dealt with the loss of her friend to vampires. Although it was brought up in the beginning, the story never revisited it, leaving it unresolved. 

I found it hard to comprehend how

Atrius, the MMC who was betrayed by the protagonist, could forgive her so easily. This was a crucial part of the book that took a while to unfold, so the sudden forgiveness felt like a major plot hole.

 

With that being said, the book was still enjoyable, particularly due to the protagonist's remarkable character development.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Toxic friendship

Minor: Death of parent, Classism

qatkatcat's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I enjoyed the unique perspectives of the main character, especially weaving in her past experiences as a drive for her present choices. Unfortunately the love interest fell a little flat for me, as he had very little character development and very little personality. Serpent and the Wings of Night had a much more favorable romance dynamic with a much more dynamic love interest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Death of parent

pink_dahlila's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Sylina and Atrius were a good team. She is sent to infiltrate his war camp and kill him, but as they learn to trust and get to know each other, their hate turns to affection. I did wish there had been a little bit more romance. 

I liked how they had a different strategy to take each City, it made the fighting more interesting and not so repetitive. Sylina and Atrius were both great warriors. Atrius learned to take advantage of her strengths/abilities instead of expecting her to sit around the camp doing nothing. 

The plot twist at the end was a little unexpected. I’d figured there was something weird going on with the Arachessen, but the full extent I hadn’t guessed. Their group was an interesting aspect of the story. Their abilities were cool. Wanted to see more of them working together. 

Wanted to see the vampires doing more vampire things. At one point I forgot that Atrius was a vampire. Sylina was the human, but she had/used more powers than Atrius. 

Overall this was fast paced and enjoyable. It was a good standalone. Heavy on the fantasy/war and light/medium on the romance. It was slow burn with a couple spicy scenes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death

hapalyn's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury

cardaisy's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Lord this was good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse

Minor: Slavery, Death of parent

Drug abuse/addiction and slavery relate to side or unnamed characters // For emotional/physical/child abuse

wasn't really sure how to tag it, but the FMC is a part of a cult/religious group that is at times very emotionally manipulative and codependent in a way. Pain in a key part of their worship and there are short descriptions of the "trials" she went through to join, like blinding her with drops of some kind of chemical/solution, breaking fingers, and cutting off a finger. This started at the age of 10 for the FMC, But younger for many other minor named/unnamed side characters

chrstnlvly's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous 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

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Now I understand why people love Carissa Broadbent's books. She has a beautiful writing style that is also easy to understand. The recent books I read lacked excitement or were even cringe-worthy, but this one was beautifully written. I would have given it a 5-star rating, but I have to admit that I wasn't initially invested in the story. It took me almost a month to finish because I only became interested when I reached about 40% of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Torture, Vomit

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death of parent

karin_cc's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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"Slaying the Vampire Conqueror" is a standalone and an installment of the Mortal Enemies to Monster Lovers series. I won't read the other books in the series, but this one caught my interest.

Sylina is part of the (cultish) Arachessen, who devote themselves to the Goddess of Fate, Acaeja, and 'sacrifice' their eyesight in order to see "the entire world". Despite not seeing, Sylina experiences the world through threads, which allows her to see more than the naked eye can. When a vampire conqueror, Atrius, arrives on Glaea's shores, Sylina is tasked with earning his trust, becoming his seer by infiltrating his army, and killing him. 

All of us at the mercy of fate - the mercy of the unknown.

Right away, I was delighted to meet Sylina. She's a little lost and unsure about her place in the world, struggles internally, but is also absolutely badass - a trained assassin. Talk about duality! It was a complex journey for her: the past, her struggles and beliefs, the sisterhood and Sightmother, the war and her mission, and of course Atrius and her growing feelings.
A complicated mess that would cost everybody involved a lot, regardless of what Sylina decides to do.
Atrius was actually surprisingly refreshing; he wasn't your typical "villain", he had his reasons, and he was more... soft? Perhaps not the right word, but he was more human than some others. 

You see too much, seer.
I see just enough, conqueror.

There was a lot of action, a few funny bits, a whole lot of tension, and too much heartbreak. Atrius and Sylina had a good connection; something was lacking, but I can't put my finger on it. I liked their "too many?" and "not for us" moments; they were such an entertaining and slaying fighter duo. Who needs an army when you've got these two?
I would've wanted to know more about their future: what happens to Nero, the Arachessen, how is everyone doing, and what about their work ahead? The ending could've been a little more, but it wasn't terrible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Death, Drug use, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Drug abuse

headinthepages's review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

midnightrose_reads's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit