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Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco

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ibadella's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-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

3.75

I wanted to like this more than i did? the writing and worldbuilding are a bit weak and i found the love story a bit frustrating. as a polyamorous love story i think it doesn’t avoid the most common pitfalls of poly representation, which occasionally creates an interesting tension but mostly feels repetitive and annoying; however, as a coming out story i think there’s some nice (uhh relatable) arcs. and at the end of the day… gay polyamorous vampires. i can’t be too upset.

i felt like i waited most of the book for

remy to fuck the vampires and then when he finally did it was like… okay?? and what else?? idk. lots of miscommunication and misunderstanding as plot that wasn’t super convincing and i spent a lot of the book feeling bad for remy for essentially being unicorn hunted in a very confusing and overwhelming way. also felt like the characters spent a lot of time talking about consent and then did not do consent

anyway i WILL be reading the sequel and i AM emotionally attached to the characters now and i HOPE the poly romance problems are explored more in a productive narrative way and also that every one is gay and happy :)

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trying_ceratops's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful 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

5.0

Loved this book! Definitely a romantasy book but the plot was what really drove the book, while the romance was also an integral part to how the story moved forward. I’m giving it 4 🌶️ for spice still as the scenes are very detailed but not the majority of the book.

The lgbtq+ representation was well done, especially as one character discovers part of themself in that community.

The story has political intrigue but there’s a ton of action to balance that out. There are lots of twists and foreshadowing that you don’t see coming until revealed.

The best part was how the author handled situations that are often tropes. I would expect a scene to go one direction because of that but the writing would handle it in a way that shows the characters maturing and opening up to each other.

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ahtoasty's review

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adventurous funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

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erintempleton's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

three words i would use to describe this book, in no particular order: trauma, tension, and soup. there is an abundance of all three, which i will discuss below.

Trauma - these characters, especially our dear sweet Remington, have massive amounts of unresolved trauma, and it was a rollercoaster ride the whole time, albeit a pretty carefully realistic one. it never felt like Remy's experiences were shallow or trivial, and i really appreciated the way that Zidan and Xiaodan help him unlearn some of the harmful messages he was taught from childhood. A++ for that.

Tension - i mean this not only as sexual tension but also just plain suspense and court intrigue. there is so much to be drawn in by, and the narration really hooked me from the beginning. i'm a huge sucker for an outsider MC who uses humor as a coping mechanism, as it always lends itself to learning about the 'inside' world in non-obvious/cheesy ways. With the introduction of Zidan and Xiaodan, Remy's whole outsider bit gets flipped on its head, and it was really enjoyable to watch him struggle with that intimacy by fighting it the whole time.
the sexual tension was GREAT too, i just wish that their first time together would have been different:/ the way it was all wrapped up in

Remy's immediate need for healing and the weird connection between ingesting vampire blood, healing, and horniness

kinda spoiled the momentum for me. Just left a weird taste in my mouth, that's all, especially considering Remy's understandable wariness with manipulation and sex.

Soup - this might seem odd, but i noticed that 'soup-like' was an unusually common description here. in chapter six, specifically, it's used like three times in the span of ten or so pages?? so i just kept tracking it, and it came up a couple other times too. idk, it just struck me as a weird thing to say about fog or a dead monster. maybe Remy just really likes soup.

Ultimately, i'm giving this a 3.5 rating. It was really well done and exciting, but i don't think i'll read it again, as it was (imo) a bit too painful at times to read Remy's inner monologue about not being worthy of love. fans of Gideon the Ninth would probably really love this book, if that helps, and i would recommend it to anyone who can get on board with the content warnings! there are a lot of them, or there should be, so just be aware.

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casey05's review

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challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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ashley_mrose530's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I loved this book so much. It's everything everyone was saying about it. I loved the characters and watching their relationship develop with each other slowly was so beautiful. The world building was perfect, never clunky or out of place with the exposition. The characters desires were clear and their flaws were also well established. This book was a little more political than I thought it was going to be but it's still so good. It never got boring or over the top.
I am worried about reading the second one because I've heard people say it's a let down compared to this one, but I will take the chance on it just because I love this book so much and I want to know what happens.

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