A review by pageturning578
Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

5 stars!! 

This book absolutely blew me away! I bought this book when it first came out and was extremely intimidated buy it so it sat on my shelf for 2 years. A couple of weeks ago I saw that Jay kristoff is coming to a local bookstore near me TONIGHT! So my bookish friend and I decided to do a buddy read and attend the event! 

Its taken us about a month and a half and thank goodness hoopla had the audiobook but I finished this book last night and literally experienced every emotion possible! I literally spent 3 hours fully absorbed in the last section of this story last night!

I understand the draw of liking an Anti-hero. I honestly didn't know what to expect from this book but I was fully absorbed in Gabriel's story's throughout this book. There was a lot of raw emotion behind his actions and the reader doesn't necessarily get the full story until the last part of the story. There are a lot of layers to this one and people may be portrayed a certain way but you truly see their intentions towards the end! 

I cannot wait to see where this series goes with the second book because that ending was crazy!! I'm still shocked because you honestly never know who you can trust!