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Veiled
by Karina Halle
EDIT: 12/1/2021: I'm eating my words. I re-read this book. It was better the 2nd time, but I noticed some weird vibes between Jay and Ada. Once you read the 2nd book, you'll understand what I mean. I highly recommend this series.
ORIGINAL REVIEW: Alrighty, horror fans. Who's up for it?
Horror is outside of my preferred genres. I can count on one hand how many horror books I've read out of 1100+. But, I have to say, this was excellent. Either I'm desensitized to a lot of horror since I'm a horror movie fiend, or this book was on the mild side of scary because while I got some creepy vibes, I wasn't shaking-in-my-chair, scared-of-the-dark, sleeping-with-the-lights-on, terrified. But I enjoyed that this book was focused more on the plot than anything else.
Sure, the book also had these themes: grief and the act of moving on, side of slow burn forbidden romance, sisterly love, little bit of questioning faith and theology, and how friendships come and go. All of which were done really well.
I was very satisfied with the romance portion, too, lemme tell you. It was decadent.
Two complaints:
1) the Silas Black portion had so much wasted potential...like I was DYING for more dark appearances from him, and the one scene where he does appear gave me fucking chills. If only the author expanded this. A wasted opportunity, indeed.
2) "oh, we'll just continue on in our little love story and no one has to know about it and we'll live happily ever after this way forever." Give me a break. This idea has a shelf-life. Guaranteed.
Overall: very satisfied with this story and I really liked it. I don't know if I'll ever re-read it, but if the author decides to write more about Ada and Jay, I'm all for it.
Recommended for horror, paranormal fantasy, slow burn romance fans.
Happy reading, Goodreads fiends.
ORIGINAL REVIEW: Alrighty, horror fans. Who's up for it?
Horror is outside of my preferred genres. I can count on one hand how many horror books I've read out of 1100+. But, I have to say, this was excellent. Either I'm desensitized to a lot of horror since I'm a horror movie fiend, or this book was on the mild side of scary because while I got some creepy vibes, I wasn't shaking-in-my-chair, scared-of-the-dark, sleeping-with-the-lights-on, terrified. But I enjoyed that this book was focused more on the plot than anything else.
Sure, the book also had these themes: grief and the act of moving on, side of slow burn forbidden romance, sisterly love, little bit of questioning faith and theology, and how friendships come and go. All of which were done really well.
I was very satisfied with the romance portion, too, lemme tell you. It was decadent.
Two complaints:
1) the Silas Black portion had so much wasted potential...like I was DYING for more dark appearances from him, and the one scene where he does appear gave me fucking chills. If only the author expanded this. A wasted opportunity, indeed.
2) "oh, we'll just continue on in our little love story and no one has to know about it and we'll live happily ever after this way forever." Give me a break. This idea has a shelf-life. Guaranteed.
Overall: very satisfied with this story and I really liked it. I don't know if I'll ever re-read it, but if the author decides to write more about Ada and Jay, I'm all for it.
Recommended for horror, paranormal fantasy, slow burn romance fans.
Happy reading, Goodreads fiends.