tibbarasden 's review for:

Slaying the Vampire Conqueror by Carissa Broadbent

5.0

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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This author always hits the mark for me. While some of her other characters are still my favorites, these two are right up there. Atrius, in particular, I really enjoyed. I loved the dynamic of stoic badass conqueror and tortured soft boy. I really loved the way Sylina and him played off each other. I love the way the conflict played out. Sometimes, when a character is torn between loyalty and love, the indecisiveness and/or hurt feelings can go on too long, but it didn't feel like it did here. I also really loved how we saw a little more of the threads (pun intended) of the Nyaxia world and the series as a whole coming together. It makes me even more excited than I already was to read the second in the Shadowborn duet and eventually the third duology in this series, which I am already eagerly awaiting.