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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
3 star out of 5
Serpent and Dove were interesting but suffered from multiple problems, the pacing especially in the middle was awful, and I felt the characters were a little too much juvenile, sure the banter was fun in the beginning but quickly grows old I never thought I see a book with too much twist that after a while the twists loses their impact.,we find out Bishop is Louise le Blanc father w find out another woman is Reid's mother and so on,This book saving grace was its beginning and endings which were so much better.the magic system was fine, not flashy and excellent but I think it works for this story.
in a world where witches burn at the attack and where they attack poor innocent people, Louise le Blancand and Coco are withes in hiding from their own coven and the guards in the city, Louise ran away from home when her mother wanted to sacrifice her to kill the king and all of his children. when a robbery goes wrong and Louise is trapped by the especial guards who burn the witches , she embraces one named Reid in public, and to avoid embracement the bishop forces Reid and Louise to get married. Louise and Reid step by step grow to love each other, but when witches attack the church and Louise help defend it with her magic, Reid threw her out.and she is kidnapped by her mother. Reid with the help of Coco and his mother(who was a witch in the very same coven of Louise's mother) tries to rescue her, but Louise mother who also has bishop slits her throat and Reid in a desperate attempt to save her life uses magic(a male witch is unheard of in this world) and kills Bishop and uses his life to revive Louise.
Serpent and Dove were interesting but suffered from multiple problems, the pacing especially in the middle was awful, and I felt the characters were a little too much juvenile, sure the banter was fun in the beginning but quickly grows old I never thought I see a book with too much twist that after a while the twists loses their impact.,we find out Bishop is Louise le Blanc father w find out another woman is Reid's mother and so on,This book saving grace was its beginning and endings which were so much better.the magic system was fine, not flashy and excellent but I think it works for this story.
in a world where witches burn at the attack and where they attack poor innocent people, Louise le Blancand and Coco are withes in hiding from their own coven and the guards in the city, Louise ran away from home when her mother wanted to sacrifice her to kill the king and all of his children. when a robbery goes wrong and Louise is trapped by the especial guards who burn the witches , she embraces one named Reid in public, and to avoid embracement the bishop forces Reid and Louise to get married. Louise and Reid step by step grow to love each other, but when witches attack the church and Louise help defend it with her magic, Reid threw her out.and she is kidnapped by her mother. Reid with the help of Coco and his mother(who was a witch in the very same coven of Louise's mother) tries to rescue her, but Louise mother who also has bishop slits her throat and Reid in a desperate attempt to save her life uses magic(a male witch is unheard of in this world) and kills Bishop and uses his life to revive Louise.
adventurous
emotional
funny
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
What happens when a witch and a witch hunter are forced into holy matrimony?
WithCindy's YouTube review of this book is all you need to know.
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I just simply could not read another page of Reid reciting bible verses everytime Lou breathed in his direction. If the book was just in Lou’s POV I might’ve been able to finish it but over all the dialogue and inner monologue in Reid’s POV just took me out of the story too much for me to go on.
This was a super slow start for me and I was considering DNFing, but then suddenly I was hooked and didn't want to put it down. I actually paused this because Onyx Storm was released, but genuinely just wanted to continue reading this and push OS back a few days.
Lou was quite grating in the beginning, and her need to be crass at all times came across as quite juvenile, but considering she's like... 17? 18? I'm not too surprised. Reid kind of annoyed me at the beginning, but it was geuinely lovely to see him come out of his shell. You can actually see their growth throughout the book, and I really enjoyed the flipping of POVs to see what each of them was thinking. I'm interested to see how the story will progress from here, especially with certain revelations (Because, although I should've seen it coming, I definitely didn't realise who her father was..)
I didn't want to wait for the next books at the library, so you best believe I bought the trilogy and am very excited to jump into the second one (Although.. I am now reading a different series, since I still have books that need to be returned! Whoops)
Lou was quite grating in the beginning, and her need to be crass at all times came across as quite juvenile, but considering she's like... 17? 18? I'm not too surprised. Reid kind of annoyed me at the beginning, but it was geuinely lovely to see him come out of his shell. You can actually see their growth throughout the book, and I really enjoyed the flipping of POVs to see what each of them was thinking. I'm interested to see how the story will progress from here, especially with certain revelations (Because, although I should've seen it coming, I definitely didn't realise who her father was..)
I didn't want to wait for the next books at the library, so you best believe I bought the trilogy and am very excited to jump into the second one (Although.. I am now reading a different series, since I still have books that need to be returned! Whoops)
adventurous
challenging
tense
medium-paced
this read like a poorly constructed nina and matthias fan fiction written at 3am on a tuesday night and I am confused why so many have rated it so highly, the plot was predictable and unoriginal, the characters clumsy tropes and the magical world was underdeveloped. I had to force myself to finish it