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This Ravenous Fate
by Hayley Dennings
Being completely honest, this is probably more of a 4 star, but because this is a debut novel and I did enjoy myself, I'm rating it a star up. Also, the author was very nice and funny when I met her, so that also contributed lol.
This book starts out with our two main characters, Layla and Elise, at odds with one another to say the least. Layla is a 'reaper', this worlds vampire. She's been a vampire for the past 4-ish years and hates Elise with a passion, passionately enough to want to murder her at every turn. (And you know this because she can't help but mention it every two seconds). Elise is the daughter of a Harlem mogul and has just returned from a Paris music school to find that her father wants to appoint her younger sister as his heir instead of her. Thus thrusting Elise right into the spotlight, as she can't imagine her younger sister being the focus of her father's attention, as he's been emotionally abusive for most of her life towards her. Elise doesn't want to subject her younger sister to that life, so she offers herself in her sister's place. Elise's father also blames her for her older sister's death four years ago, and never lets her forget it.
This book is part class statement, part fanatasy mystery, as we're trying to discover why there are murders in the neighborhood that they live in, which leads Elise and Layla working together to try and figure out how all of these monstrous deaths are happening. And does it have to do with a possible cure for reaperhood?
I really liked this book. For a debut, it was fantastic and I can't wait to read more from this author. I was surprised at how well the pacing was, considering how much was in this book in the first place. I think the ending was a little rushed and the author tried to stuff a lot of things in the last 50 pages, but ultimately I think it was wrapped up fairly well and the plot was well thought-out. It was interesting to see how the author was shaping Elise and Layla's relationship throughout the entire book, and how back and forth it went.
If you want to read a sapphic vampire romance set in 1920s Harlem, but focuses around black characters and the historical context surrounding them and how they lived, then this is a book I'd try out!! I very much recommend it, and I literally can't wait for the sequel. Though because this is an arc, I have to wait even longer.... Dang.
Happy Reading!!
This book starts out with our two main characters, Layla and Elise, at odds with one another to say the least. Layla is a 'reaper', this worlds vampire. She's been a vampire for the past 4-ish years and hates Elise with a passion, passionately enough to want to murder her at every turn. (And you know this because she can't help but mention it every two seconds). Elise is the daughter of a Harlem mogul and has just returned from a Paris music school to find that her father wants to appoint her younger sister as his heir instead of her. Thus thrusting Elise right into the spotlight, as she can't imagine her younger sister being the focus of her father's attention, as he's been emotionally abusive for most of her life towards her. Elise doesn't want to subject her younger sister to that life, so she offers herself in her sister's place. Elise's father also blames her for her older sister's death four years ago, and never lets her forget it.
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Note: Elise's dad is a piece of shit and we don't like him. Spent the entire book wishing a reaper would just eat him.This book is part class statement, part fanatasy mystery, as we're trying to discover why there are murders in the neighborhood that they live in, which leads Elise and Layla working together to try and figure out how all of these monstrous deaths are happening. And does it have to do with a possible cure for reaperhood?
I really liked this book. For a debut, it was fantastic and I can't wait to read more from this author. I was surprised at how well the pacing was, considering how much was in this book in the first place. I think the ending was a little rushed and the author tried to stuff a lot of things in the last 50 pages, but ultimately I think it was wrapped up fairly well and the plot was well thought-out. It was interesting to see how the author was shaping Elise and Layla's relationship throughout the entire book, and how back and forth it went.
If you want to read a sapphic vampire romance set in 1920s Harlem, but focuses around black characters and the historical context surrounding them and how they lived, then this is a book I'd try out!! I very much recommend it, and I literally can't wait for the sequel. Though because this is an arc, I have to wait even longer.... Dang.
Happy Reading!!