celyncodex 's review for:

And I Darken by Kiersten White
5.0

Definitely a 5 star book, why is the rating only about 4 stars?

Brilliantly written and paced, very easy to be sucked in. My only issue would be that making Vlad a girl, while a very cool idea, doesn't add anything to the plot (her romance with Mehmed doesn't do anything for me). And it forced White to write herself out of a corner a little awkwardly to make Lada able to become Vaivode.

That said, I like Lada. I like her a lot. OK, I actually LOVE Lada. She's so fierce but fallible, cruel but human.

Brilliant, brilliant book.