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A review by kaitie_reads
The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

๐Ÿฆ‡ Vampires 
โค๏ธ Trial Games 
๐Ÿฆ‡ OMG twists & turns 
โค๏ธ Fast-Paced 
๐Ÿฆ‡ But Daddy, I Love Him

Okay, so overall, this was really excellent. 

I did struggle a little bit to get into it. I'm not sure if it's because I've read quite a few books with trials and challenges lately or if I just prefer a slower build into the story; either way, I feel that it's on me.

Carissa Broadbent dumps us right into the action with a tense world of political conflict with vampires scheming for power and villages of - essentially - human slaves. Oraya (FMC) is a human raised (as if she were his own daughter) by the vampire king. 

I almost feel like I'd get more out of this book on a reread than I did initially, so that will likely happen sometime. I did have a lot of questions for a long time ...but when everything falls into place it's with a fucking bang. My jaw is still on the floor. The stakes are very high; it's dark, and there's a foreboding type atmosphere throughout the entire story, which I love. 

The spice and yearning are also done so well. I love the banter and uncertainty between Oraya and Raihn (MMC). Raihn is definitely on my list of book boyfriends ๐Ÿ”ฅ. 

I'm so antsy to continue with this series!

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"๐“—๐“ฎ ๐”€๐“ช๐“ผ ๐“ธ๐“ท ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“ด๐“ท๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“ผ, ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“พ๐“น ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐“ถ๐“ฎ. ๐“๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝ - ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐”€๐“ช๐”‚ ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด๐“ฎ๐“ญ ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐“ถ๐“ฎ - ๐”€๐“ช๐“ผ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ฏ๐“ฒ๐“ป๐“ผ๐“ฝ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐“ฏ๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ฝ ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ต. ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ต, ๐“ป๐“ช๐”€ ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ... ๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฏ๐“พ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ. ๐“‘๐“ฎ๐“ฌ๐“ช๐“พ๐“ผ๐“ฎ ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด๐“ฎ๐“ญ ๐“พ๐“น ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐“ถ๐“ฎ ๐“ฒ๐“ท ๐“ผ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“ช๐”€๐“ฎ - ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ด๐“ฎ ๐“˜ ๐”€๐“ช๐“ผ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ถ๐“ธ๐“ผ๐“ฝ ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ญ๐“ฒ๐“ซ๐“ต๐“ฎ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ญ ๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“ผ๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“ท. ๐“›๐“ฒ๐“ด๐“ฎ ๐“˜ ๐”€๐“ช๐“ผ ๐“ช ๐“ฏ๐“พ๐“ฌ๐“ด๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ฐ๐“ธ๐“ญ๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐“ผ๐“ผ."

"๐“˜'๐“ฟ๐“ฎ ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ญ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ป๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ฐ๐“ฑ ๐“ผ๐“ธ๐“ถ๐“ฎ ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ณ๐“พ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ฌ๐“ฎ๐“ผ ๐“ฒ๐“ท ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ต๐“ช๐“ผ๐“ฝ ๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“น๐“ต๐“ฎ ๐“ธ๐“ฏ ๐“ฌ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐“ผ. ๐“ข๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“ท ๐“ผ๐“ธ๐“ถ๐“ฎ ๐“ฏ๐“พ๐“ฌ๐“ด๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ฝ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐“ผ. ๐“‘๐“พ๐“ฝ ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฎ ๐“ธ๐“ฏ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ซ๐“ฒ๐“ฐ๐“ฐ๐“ฎ๐“ผ๐“ฝ, ๐“ž๐“ป๐“ช๐”‚๐“ช, ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐“ช๐“ท๐”‚๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฎ ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“พ๐“ฐ๐“ฑ๐“ฝ ๐”‚๐“ธ๐“พ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐”‚๐“ธ๐“พ ๐“ผ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ต๐“ญ ๐“ซ๐“ฎ๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“ถ๐“ฎ ๐“ช๐“ท๐”‚๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ธ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ท ๐“ฎ๐”๐“ช๐“ฌ๐“ฝ๐“ต๐”‚ ๐”€๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐”‚๐“ธ๐“พ ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฎ."