A review by amyjoy
The Blood Gift by N.E. Davenport

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

A good duology conclusion that potentially sets up more books in the future! This was action packed and thrilling, and I enjoyed spending more time in this world with these characters. 

Some nitpicking: 

• Selene's heel turn felt so forced/inauthentic - I have a hard time imagining that you could pretend to be so close to a person and then utterly betray them and never give any hint of it beforehand. IDK. Her betrayal just never sat right with me. 
• I fully expected the Blood Emperor to be Kenna's father and was surprised it was one of his generals instead.
• Her battle with the Blood Emperor felt a little anti-climactic? It just felt like something she had spent so much time preparing for and then there was still a lot of book left. IDK.

None of this detracted from my general enjoyment of the story!