A review by time4tori2read
The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent brought me back to fantasy after being on hiatus from the genre because of SJM. Broadbent's writing and character development lived up to the hype, and I enjoyed every minute of the book. I do wish some characters were given more page time, and from what I hear, Broadbent is writing stories just for those characters which I'm excited to dive into. The pacing, dialogue, and characters were all well-developed, and I found the challenges exciting. I enjoyed that the reader was not inundated with world-building prose and that it developed naturally to help me frame the characters in their world without distracting me from it. I hope the next book gives us a little more ambience and world building to fully understand it. 

I would like it moving forward if there could be a content warning at the start of the book and also if the glossary of terms could be mentioned in a table of contents or beginning author's note so that readers would know to easily reference it. I LOVEEEEE that Broadbent did this, and I think that more fantasy authors should take a page out of her book as it helped reorient me and clarify any of my confusion (without me having to page through previous chapters). 
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