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A review by anaisniz
Death of the Dawn by Amanda V. King
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
⭐️ My Rating: 3/5 ⭐️
🩸 Plot: 5 /10
✝️ Setting: 5/10
🧛 Characters: 5/10
✍ Writing (style): Good.
📚 Would I recommend it? Yes
"An eternity is a long time to be chained to someone.
And yet, with you, it would not be enough."
I came across this book, because I follow the cover artist and I immediately fell in love. I love vampires, so I was sure I was gonna eat this.
❤️ Up's:
1) Protagonist - Lena
2) Good Romance
3) Good Vibes
4) Easy and fun read
1) I really enjoyed Lena, her personality is unique and fresh. She's different from other YA protagonists-she's not a warrior or damsel. She has her good and her flaws. She also doesn't weep about her past, she just keeps living.
What I mostly loved was that her mean personality is actually shown and they are part of her. Lena says a lot of mean things and she lives up to it. People call out about it, she understands it and apologizes, however it's not like she's gonna wake up in the next day and be a completely different person, she still has it in her personality, because that's who she is. It's funny it feels like Lena is already "death inside", sometimes, she's just chilling and doesn't give a fuck.
2) The romance was very well done, and the best part of the book. Lena and Ansel spend time with each other, they talk, they go on walks. So with this, they get to know each other. It's not a completely slow burn, however.
I also don't think their relationship is very healthy or sweet, but it's not necessarily toxic. It's in this gray area, which I found very interesting.
4) I so happy that this book was around 350 pages. I feel like YA fantasy books have always +400 pages and the writers drag soooo much for nothing. 350 was enough for this story, I think the book is read easily and the romance and Lena make the book fun! Oh, the vampire Ansel!
💔 Down's:
1) Plot turns mostly to romance
2) Flat characters
1) This is what it says in the last part of the synopsis:
🩸 Plot: 5 /10
✝️ Setting: 5/10
🧛 Characters: 5/10
✍ Writing (style): Good.
📚 Would I recommend it? Yes
"An eternity is a long time to be chained to someone.
And yet, with you, it would not be enough."
I came across this book, because I follow the cover artist and I immediately fell in love. I love vampires, so I was sure I was gonna eat this.
❤️ Up's:
1) Protagonist - Lena
2) Good Romance
3) Good Vibes
4) Easy and fun read
1) I really enjoyed Lena, her personality is unique and fresh. She's different from other YA protagonists-she's not a warrior or damsel. She has her good and her flaws. She also doesn't weep about her past, she just keeps living.
What I mostly loved was that her mean personality is actually shown and they are part of her. Lena says a lot of mean things and she lives up to it. People call out about it, she understands it and apologizes, however it's not like she's gonna wake up in the next day and be a completely different person, she still has it in her personality, because that's who she is. It's funny it feels like Lena is already "death inside", sometimes, she's just chilling and doesn't give a fuck.
2) The romance was very well done, and the best part of the book. Lena and Ansel spend time with each other, they talk, they go on walks. So with this, they get to know each other. It's not a completely slow burn, however.
I also don't think their relationship is very healthy or sweet, but it's not necessarily toxic. It's in this gray area, which I found very interesting.
4) I so happy that this book was around 350 pages. I feel like YA fantasy books have always +400 pages and the writers drag soooo much for nothing. 350 was enough for this story, I think the book is read easily and the romance and Lena make the book fun! Oh, the vampire Ansel!
💔 Down's:
1) Plot turns mostly to romance
2) Flat characters
1) This is what it says in the last part of the synopsis:
"But Lena cannot keep Ansel a secret forever. Vampires throughout the world felt his awakening, and one in particular is determined to carry out revenge a century in the making—not only upon Ansel but upon the one who woke him."
But this only really happens in the last 20% of the book. The other 75% is mostly the romance and the other 5% is about Lena's lifestyle in the village. There's not much of vampires, just Ansel. It's said the villagers fear vampires and they believed in them, but it's never really shown.
2) Characters never really grow and they lack depth.
Ansel is this quirky and gentlemen vampire. His character is pretty weird. I really enjoyed Ansel at the beginning, he acted like a 400 years old Vampire, he saw himself superior and he was charming in his way. But then, I felt he had dual Personality Disorder or something. He would act like a kid very randomly, sometimes I tried to understand it as a way for him to have fun, since he's been asleep for so long. But it felt forced and out of character.
The rest of the cast it's very forgettable, there's a character that goes to another place in the middle of the book and we don't know if he's okay by the end.
✨ Final thoughts:
Ngl, the book did disappointed me, I was expecting that I would devour this, but in the on other hand, I was sure I was gonna have fun with it and I did. I'm looking forward for the 2nd one.