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The Damned by Renée Ahdieh

7 reviews

ghostsversion's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was a good read. Not fantastic, obviously, but still good. I did feel like the start of any actual plot was at like the halfway mark of the book. Before it, it was more like the aftermath of the previous book i.e.

Bastien becoming a vampire(which was most of it) and Celine losing her memories and basically everyone lying to her.

Though I will admit, the reveal of

the Sylvan Vale and Wylde was a nice suprise.

But more importantly

PLEASE DON’T LET ODETTE DIE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE SHE NEEDS TO HAVE HER YURI MOMENT I BEG YOU RENEE PLEASE.

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ashlightgrayson's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-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

I took long breaks reading this book because I kept picking up other things, but I'm very glad I got to finish it. This sequel expands on the universe and adds other mythical creatures besides vampires to the mix. This is still mainly a vampire story focused mostly on Celine and Bastien. There are intermittent subplots involving some of the side characters, such as Pippa and Arjun. However, the main story was always directly tied to the subplots, so the story feels very focused.

The first half of the book has a slower pace. It is largely focused on the internal dialogue and deliberation Sebastien and Celine have individually. Celine struggles with the missing parts of her memory while Sebastien is coming to terms with what it means to now be the same type of monster that killed his mother. The second half has the characters being more active and traveling from one place to another (all with a purpose related to the plot, I might add). The conclusion of this installment is reasonably open ended. I'm looking forward to reading about Pippa and Arjun's story in the next book. I assume it's prot going to focus on the lore behind the fey and I'm looking forward to that.

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micaelamariem's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This wasn’t as good as the first book unfortunately. A lot of the tension and mystery isn’t there anymore, though I think it will return for the next book so I’m excited for that. I also didn’t like how forced the love triangle was. What I did appreciate though was the journey into fae lands and learning more about their world.

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