A review by monicalaurette
A Venom Dark and Sweet by Judy I. Lin

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

4.0

First off with this book, I did enjoy it - I just felt that the sudden switch to two point of views with one being first person and the other being third person was an odd choice. A lot of this book was traveling and just being with Ning while she was walking the universe in search of answers before we came back to Jia, so perhaps I get why we needed to have breaks and see Kang’s POV.

Part of the villain & who he was I was able to pick out before it was somewhat revealed and I can say that even though it was revealed soon, the twist towards the end was a shock but I like how it turned out

and how it was Kang’s father that realized his mistake or what he was taken advantage of and was in a sense willing to go down with the Serpent

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I am glad that since we had Shu in this book that we got to see more of her and Ning’s sister relationship. I love seeing sisters in books.

Now while I did like both of these books I am not going to keep them on my shelves. I want to get these out in the world again so that a younger person who would connect even more with these characters is able to get their hands on it.

“We all believe we are the center of the universe, but we forget we are merely specks among the stars.”