laura_mcloughlin 's review for:

The Damned by Renée Ahdieh

4.0

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I liked this better than the first. It definitely leaned into the vampires-New Orleans-werewolves, etc vibes. It is a premise that should be embraced and not done half-heartedly. I had assumed that this would be a duology (most of the author's works are) so was a bit surprised when things didn't start wrapping up and were actually getting more complicated the further the book progressed. Apparently it is going to be 4 books.