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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
๐ฆ Vampires
โค๏ธ Trial Games
๐ฆ OMG twists & turns
โค๏ธ Fast-Paced
๐ฆ 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 ๐ฅ.
I'm so antsy to continue with this series!
~
"๐๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ผ ๐ธ๐ท ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ด๐ท๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ผ, ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ช๐ป๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐พ๐น ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ฎ. ๐๐ท๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ - ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ธ๐ธ๐ด๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ฎ - ๐๐ช๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฝ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ต. ๐ก๐ฎ๐ช๐ต, ๐ป๐ช๐ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ... ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ท๐ฏ๐พ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ. ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ช๐พ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ธ๐ธ๐ด๐ฎ๐ญ ๐พ๐น ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ช๐๐ฎ - ๐ต๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐ช๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ธ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฌ๐ป๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ต๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ท. ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐ช๐ผ ๐ช ๐ฏ๐พ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ผ."
"๐'๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ป๐ธ๐พ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ท๐ณ๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ช๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐พ๐น๐ต๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ๐พ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ผ. ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐พ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐ป๐ช๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ผ. ๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ, ๐๐ป๐ช๐๐ช, ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ช๐ท๐๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ช๐พ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ธ๐พ๐ต๐ญ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ท๐๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ท ๐ฎ๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฝ๐ต๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ."
โค๏ธ Trial Games
๐ฆ OMG twists & turns
โค๏ธ Fast-Paced
๐ฆ 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 ๐ฅ.
I'm so antsy to continue with this series!
~
"๐๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ผ ๐ธ๐ท ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ด๐ท๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ผ, ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ช๐ป๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐พ๐น ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ฎ. ๐๐ท๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ - ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ธ๐ธ๐ด๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ฎ - ๐๐ช๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฝ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ต. ๐ก๐ฎ๐ช๐ต, ๐ป๐ช๐ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ... ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ท๐ฏ๐พ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ. ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ช๐พ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ธ๐ธ๐ด๐ฎ๐ญ ๐พ๐น ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ช๐๐ฎ - ๐ต๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐ช๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ธ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฌ๐ป๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ต๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ท. ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐ช๐ผ ๐ช ๐ฏ๐พ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ผ."
"๐'๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ป๐ธ๐พ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ท๐ณ๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ช๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐พ๐น๐ต๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ๐พ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ผ. ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐พ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐ป๐ช๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ผ. ๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ, ๐๐ป๐ช๐๐ช, ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ช๐ท๐๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ช๐พ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ธ๐พ๐ต๐ญ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ท๐๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ท ๐ฎ๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฝ๐ต๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ."