A review by mara_bsg
Gothikana by RuNyx

adventurous mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

"𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓵𝓪𝓼𝓽 𝓾𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓷 𝓶𝔂 𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓹 𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓻𝓸𝓸𝓽𝓼 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓷 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓼. 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷 𝓲𝓷 𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓱, 𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓬𝓱. 𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓽. 𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓶𝓪𝓭𝓷𝓮𝓼𝓼. 𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾, 𝔂𝓸𝓾'𝓻𝓮 𝓶𝔂 𝓪𝓯𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮."

This book was unputdownable. I found the writing so poetic and the descriptions so vivid. I loved the world building, Verenmore seems to be the perfect place to stay (minus the disappearances). The plot was really good, I had so many theories hahah, but at least one of them was kinda right. 

I loved the tension and chemistry between Vad and Corvina. The library scenes, the nicknames and the spice, everything was so good. 

I'm looking forward to reading Arkana, the other standalone set in the same universe!

Read if you like
x Gothic/mystery reads
x Forbidden love
x Age gap (7 yrs)