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A review by marimoose
The Serpent and The Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-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
5.0
I haven't been in a vampire phase in a long time. Somehow, The Serpent and the wings of night single-handedly put me back on my vampire era. I could not put this book down. It was dialed up to 100 constantly, and when it wasn't, the soft moments didn't drag. In fact, I wished there were more soft moments because I couldn't handle all the hardship the two characters were facing after every trial.
The book was also surprisingly well written. The last vampire book I had read was enjoyable enough, but I was still rolling my eyes at the stuff that was written in that book. Meanwhile, this book had me addicted from page one. I loved the interludes sprinkled across all the parts of the book. I liked the dysfunctional relationship Oraya had with her vampire dad, Vincent. And I absolutely loved the relationship between Oraya and Raihn (But I swear to god, if Raihn says "there she is" one more time, my heart is going to bleed black. He's already melted me into a puddle of incoherence okay, I can't with this man!).
But mostly, I loved Oraya as a character. She made everything so relatable, as a human living in a world filled with monsters. Things got really uncomfortable when they had to be, and I felt every ounce of her pain and anguish and rage in every page. And the stuff that she has to wrangle with at the end of this book? Damn, girl. GOOD LUCK.
The ending was absolutely unhinged. Give me more please!
The book was also surprisingly well written. The last vampire book I had read was enjoyable enough, but I was still rolling my eyes at the stuff that was written in that book. Meanwhile, this book had me addicted from page one. I loved the interludes sprinkled across all the parts of the book. I liked the dysfunctional relationship Oraya had with her vampire dad, Vincent. And I absolutely loved the relationship between Oraya and Raihn (But I swear to god, if Raihn says "there she is" one more time, my heart is going to bleed black. He's already melted me into a puddle of incoherence okay, I can't with this man!).
But mostly, I loved Oraya as a character. She made everything so relatable, as a human living in a world filled with monsters. Things got really uncomfortable when they had to be, and I felt every ounce of her pain and anguish and rage in every page. And the stuff that she has to wrangle with at the end of this book? Damn, girl. GOOD LUCK.
The ending was absolutely unhinged. Give me more please!