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endymionshawk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
1.5
grawrold's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Really quick and easy read. I can forgive the quick pacing and easy resolution of things as I did feel like it stayed true to short fairy folk tale structure. I liked the two MCs, and I think an extended, more fleshed out version would be completely welcomed by me. I could see the premise of the story being reformatted into a longer slow burn, but at this point, that's just personal preference. This was one where as soon as I finished the very last page, I was curious as to an epilogue after everything.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Blood
Minor: Abandonment
ihasnolife's review against another edition
3.0
For those who like a fun cheesy fantasy read with some action. I enjoyed it as an in between book
sowhitemocha's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
tyjoseph's review against another edition
4.0
It has everything you could want (or at least what I want): read like a gay retelling of Beauty and the Beast ✅, someone cursed as a vampire ✅, coven of witches ✅ and enemies to lovers ✅
Such a fun pace and enjoyable read
Such a fun pace and enjoyable read
ladywren890's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
slow-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? It's complicated
3.5
Parts of this story were a bit slow. It seems we were following Jak wandering around aimlessly in the castle for an amount of time that I kind of lost track of. They seemed to have minimal interactions before becoming deeply involved but I still enjoyed the book. I liked it enough to keep and potentially read again but I also felt underwhelmed at the end. I still will be continuing with the series.
iamleighbot's review against another edition
3.5
"I'm not going to fall for him"
Three pages and a dream later....
A bit too flip floppy for me, and the end conflict was oddly solved
Three pages and a dream later....
A bit too flip floppy for me, and the end conflict was oddly solved
vkelt's review against another edition
Writing wasn’t very good, and I despised the voice the audiobook narrator used for the main vampire guy. The fantasy setting was not developed/explained at all, and I had very little sense of what the stakes even were. And while I know it’s enemies to lovers, the two MCs had zero chemistry that made me want to see them get together. Only made it this far by half-listening to the audio, but honestly just going to cut my losses with this one. I was more interested in the second book in the series, anyway, and supposedly they’re stand-alones.
louizus's review against another edition
4.0
4/5
Mais quel dommaaaaaage de ne pas avoir fait durer cette histoire sur plusieurs tomes.
L’histoire est géniale, vraiment un ACOTAR MM mais pourquoi cette précipitation?
On veut plus de world building, on veut plus d’explication sur la suite, on veut des guerres entre sorciers et vampires, enfin on en veut plus?
Ça sonne vraiment comme un tome 1 (un peu précipité vers la fin) et je suis réellement dégoûté de ne pas pouvoir en savoir plus car y’avait clairement le potentiel pour (avec même des ouvertures sur la fin!?!?)
Mais quel dommaaaaaage de ne pas avoir fait durer cette histoire sur plusieurs tomes.
L’histoire est géniale, vraiment un ACOTAR MM mais pourquoi cette précipitation?
On veut plus de world building, on veut plus d’explication sur la suite, on veut des guerres entre sorciers et vampires, enfin on en veut plus?
Ça sonne vraiment comme un tome 1 (un peu précipité vers la fin) et je suis réellement dégoûté de ne pas pouvoir en savoir plus car y’avait clairement le potentiel pour (avec même des ouvertures sur la fin!?!?)