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Youngblood
by Sasha Laurens
adventurous
challenging
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I actually really enjoyed this book. It's two boarding school vampires who have a complicated past and an even more complicated set of relationships and social balances between them.
I will say that getting into the beginning it was very slow, but when I got to the heart of it I literally couldn't put it down! I was enthralled. The end did tie most things up quite nicely, and though I wish we could have seen a bit more of their life 'after' and Galen and Kat reconciling (their friendship was so important to me).
The way that this book deals with the topic of vampiric segregation and social hierarchies is a bit hamfisted at points, where the mention of racism and exclusion from elite circles is remarked on with a very passive remark, and seems to be added on randomly.
I will say, at some points I was absolutely infuriated at Kat's mother and don't think she recieved enough reckoning for how thoroughly she abandoned her daughter (who she kept in the dark about absolutely everything). And, there were certainly points where Taylor was upset at Kat's actions when it was very obviously tied to her experience of wealth insecurity. I did really appreciate the moral greyshading of these characters, how even people you dislike at first have more to them.
I will say that getting into the beginning it was very slow, but when I got to the heart of it I literally couldn't put it down! I was enthralled. The end did tie most things up quite nicely, and though I wish we could have seen a bit more of their life
The way that this book deals with the topic of vampiric segregation and social hierarchies is a bit hamfisted at points, where the mention of racism and exclusion from elite circles is remarked on with a very passive remark, and seems to be added on randomly.
I will say, at some points I was absolutely infuriated at Kat's mother and don't think she recieved enough reckoning for how thoroughly she abandoned her daughter (who she kept in the dark about absolutely everything). And, there were certainly points where Taylor was upset at Kat's actions when it was very obviously tied to her experience of wealth insecurity. I did really appreciate the moral greyshading of these characters, how even people you dislike at first have more to them.