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A review by pinj_
The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Really amazing book.
Beginning felt slow. I wasn't quite into it at first. However the story was really beautiful.
Maybe it's because I have daddy issues, but Oraya's relationship with her father stung and burned, in good and in bad. It was complex and hard. There were many secrets between them. So many things left unsaid. He wasn't a good person. But he was mostly a good dad. He did things to hurt her though, like keep her hertiage and family a secret. Then also destroying those she might have had left. What I am trying to say it was beautiful and brutal. I cried when he died. Mostly because of how Oraya felt and how it all unfolded. She chose her love over everything and anything and lost. She lost the only family she had, the only person who provided for her in her entire life. Vincent was her world. There was no one who protected her better. And in those moments, when she was witnessing her father die. Her frenzy of trying to stop it trying desperately to cling to the only safety she'd ever known (thinking and feeling Raihn's betrayal) and him slipping through her grasp. Only to be left in this world (now burning down) filled with dangers, vampires and no kingdom and no home, no safety, all alone. God it was gutwrenching.
Raihn's arc came out of left field for me. I tried to make many predictions through out but I never saw that coming. I still don't quite know how I feel about him. In the end he did show is teeth. He was ruthless. He took what he wanted. He is a very complex character. I find that I do like morally grey however this is bringing up a lot of emotion and anger in me. The forced marriage, the way he knows how to manipulate her. I just wish Oraya knocks him down a peg or few.
But I do like this trope of enemies to lovers to enemies. God I want Oraya to wreak havoc on Raihn's rule. I want Oraya to Turn and probably in the end of the next book she'll make the Coreati bond with him. So they'll be equal. But before then I really want Oraya to go full dark.
Honorable mentions, Ibrihim, I cannot let him go. He has a piece of my heart. I just cannot let that abuse slide it was terrible what was done to him. And how hard he fought.
I was completely off base with Jesmine. I thought she'd betray the Hiaj regime. Turns out she is loyal.
The spice was spicing. But man, the author really made us wait for it!
All of this story is just so finely woven together. It was a great read.
I am excited to see how long Oraya clings to that anger for Raihn's betrayal and for killing his father. I want to see her make Raihn kneel for her. I want that feminine rage, so badly!
Great read! Best of the month for me! Let's see if it will be among the best reads this year.
Beginning felt slow. I wasn't quite into it at first. However the story was really beautiful.
Maybe it's because I have daddy issues, but Oraya's relationship with her father stung and burned, in good and in bad. It was complex and hard. There were many secrets between them. So many things left unsaid. He wasn't a good person. But he was mostly a good dad. He did things to hurt her though, like keep her hertiage and family a secret. Then also destroying those she might have had left. What I am trying to say it was beautiful and brutal. I cried when he died. Mostly because of how Oraya felt and how it all unfolded. She chose her love over everything and anything and lost. She lost the only family she had, the only person who provided for her in her entire life. Vincent was her world. There was no one who protected her better. And in those moments, when she was witnessing her father die. Her frenzy of trying to stop it trying desperately to cling to the only safety she'd ever known (thinking and feeling Raihn's betrayal) and him slipping through her grasp. Only to be left in this world (now burning down) filled with dangers, vampires and no kingdom and no home, no safety, all alone. God it was gutwrenching.
Raihn's arc came out of left field for me. I tried to make many predictions through out but I never saw that coming. I still don't quite know how I feel about him. In the end he did show is teeth. He was ruthless. He took what he wanted. He is a very complex character. I find that I do like morally grey however this is bringing up a lot of emotion and anger in me. The forced marriage, the way he knows how to manipulate her. I just wish Oraya knocks him down a peg or few.
But I do like this trope of enemies to lovers to enemies. God I want Oraya to wreak havoc on Raihn's rule. I want Oraya to Turn and probably in the end of the next book she'll make the Coreati bond with him. So they'll be equal. But before then I really want Oraya to go full dark.
Honorable mentions, Ibrihim, I cannot let him go. He has a piece of my heart. I just cannot let that abuse slide it was terrible what was done to him. And how hard he fought.
I was completely off base with Jesmine. I thought she'd betray the Hiaj regime. Turns out she is loyal.
The spice was spicing. But man, the author really made us wait for it!
All of this story is just so finely woven together. It was a great read.
I am excited to see how long Oraya clings to that anger for Raihn's betrayal and for killing his father. I want to see her make Raihn kneel for her. I want that feminine rage, so badly!
Great read! Best of the month for me! Let's see if it will be among the best reads this year.