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A review by livsinbooks
Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma
5.0
THIS IS A TRILOGY?! I AM SO TIRED OF BEING ASSAULTED WITH THE FIRST BOOKS IN A SERIES UNEXPECTEDLY!!! I got this for Christmas. BLACK VAMPIRES?!? HELL YEAH. The physical book has ZERO indication of continuing this series. At least in the version I got. I have so many series rn and I wanted a one and done story. This is not what I got.
But do I care?
NOPE.
Listen, there is unapologetic everything in this book. You will find yourself fighting not to love murderers. (Unrelated — My phone autocorrected to Murfreesboro and that is not correct. If you are from Murfreesboro I would say this is probably not the book you’re going to pick up in the first place). You will find yourself wishing for murder and suicide and betrayal and you will find yourself pissed off and upset when those things happens. Morals do not exist in this book. The morals posed in here are just black. There is no grey really. People will be explaining their reasoning and I’m like hell yeah! You do that! And then two seconds later, you’re like ‘oh wait that’s… so very wrong and illegal and will send you straight to hell… but go off’.
The cliffhanger of this book is so fucking frustrating. I’ve never been so pissed in my life. I immediately told my family (who did not care because they do not read) and then had to come tell everyone. ENDING ON ONE GODDAMN WORD?! Noooooo. Pissed. This is not how I wanted my year to end at all.
I am not a comprehensive reader at all and I very very rarely see visuals in my head. I’m straight vibes and plot points and as soon as it’s over my head be empty and maybe it was the very white sounding narrator who is not white at all but I did not feel blackness in this book like others. It wasn’t mentioned on every page. It was mentions of braids and Africa that I had to keep reminding myself they were black.
The “sexual content” was mild at best. I had the audiobook going while my mom was walking around and I was almost embarrassed until it was over and then I was like… hm. Is this a YA book? Then I found out yes. Yes this is a YA book but it doesn’t feel like it at all. Other than she’s taking a class and the age gap of you know like… centuries… other than that it is VERY dark. After realizing it is YA I am honestly shocked by everything. How is the sex scene the most tame compared to everything?
This book feels like the point of view of all villains. I kept feeling like I was living with Doofensmurtz or however you spell it from Phineas and Ferb but if he was very serious and hot. I don’t know why I’m writing so much about this book and saying absolutely nothing at the same time.
—> Kidan is a crazy bitch tbh and all she wants is her sister back and that’s the ONLY thing she wants. Until it isn’t the only thing she wants. She finds herself living with a vampire who is supposed to inherit her estate and all the power that comes with it who also is the one that kidnapped her sister. She hates him. He hates her. They attempt to kill each other multiple times. They take enemies to lovers very seriously in this book.
The side characters are all for a purpose obviously but in this story they are still very enjoyable when they are supposed to be and utterly repulsive when they are supposed to be.
Very good book, honestly.
C 8 room to grow obviously
A 7 the school was okay. The map was more interesting. The house was a cool place to be.
W 9 people felt really mean, really wrong, really scary. You felt like you were losing your mind and gaining clarity with them
P 10 I. AM. INVESTED.
I 7 not ready to reread but fun time.
L 10 weirdly everything made sense.
E 10
But do I care?
NOPE.
Listen, there is unapologetic everything in this book. You will find yourself fighting not to love murderers. (Unrelated — My phone autocorrected to Murfreesboro and that is not correct. If you are from Murfreesboro I would say this is probably not the book you’re going to pick up in the first place). You will find yourself wishing for murder and suicide and betrayal and you will find yourself pissed off and upset when those things happens. Morals do not exist in this book. The morals posed in here are just black. There is no grey really. People will be explaining their reasoning and I’m like hell yeah! You do that! And then two seconds later, you’re like ‘oh wait that’s… so very wrong and illegal and will send you straight to hell… but go off’.
The cliffhanger of this book is so fucking frustrating. I’ve never been so pissed in my life. I immediately told my family (who did not care because they do not read) and then had to come tell everyone. ENDING ON ONE GODDAMN WORD?! Noooooo. Pissed. This is not how I wanted my year to end at all.
I am not a comprehensive reader at all and I very very rarely see visuals in my head. I’m straight vibes and plot points and as soon as it’s over my head be empty and maybe it was the very white sounding narrator who is not white at all but I did not feel blackness in this book like others. It wasn’t mentioned on every page. It was mentions of braids and Africa that I had to keep reminding myself they were black.
The “sexual content” was mild at best. I had the audiobook going while my mom was walking around and I was almost embarrassed until it was over and then I was like… hm. Is this a YA book? Then I found out yes. Yes this is a YA book but it doesn’t feel like it at all. Other than she’s taking a class and the age gap of you know like… centuries… other than that it is VERY dark. After realizing it is YA I am honestly shocked by everything. How is the sex scene the most tame compared to everything?
This book feels like the point of view of all villains. I kept feeling like I was living with Doofensmurtz or however you spell it from Phineas and Ferb but if he was very serious and hot. I don’t know why I’m writing so much about this book and saying absolutely nothing at the same time.
—> Kidan is a crazy bitch tbh and all she wants is her sister back and that’s the ONLY thing she wants. Until it isn’t the only thing she wants. She finds herself living with a vampire who is supposed to inherit her estate and all the power that comes with it who also is the one that kidnapped her sister. She hates him. He hates her. They attempt to kill each other multiple times. They take enemies to lovers very seriously in this book.
The side characters are all for a purpose obviously but in this story they are still very enjoyable when they are supposed to be and utterly repulsive when they are supposed to be.
Very good book, honestly.
C 8 room to grow obviously
A 7 the school was okay. The map was more interesting. The house was a cool place to be.
W 9 people felt really mean, really wrong, really scary. You felt like you were losing your mind and gaining clarity with them
P 10 I. AM. INVESTED.
I 7 not ready to reread but fun time.
L 10 weirdly everything made sense.
E 10