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The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

10 reviews

21sparrows's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Wow!! Fully immersed in the world of vampires is this one human girl who desperately wants to belong. The story is amazing, the relationships complex and the competition for audience with a goddess is just gripping!! You will NOT want to put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, and Abandonment

liaantje's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

4.25

I read this together with my sister in law, we had so much fun, the writing is awesome, and we've already ordered the second book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

takahapa's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, and War

Minor: Animal death and Bullying

kbowles24's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Sexual content, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Alcohol, and War

juliesleseecke's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

picaresquedreamer's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Toxic relationship, Grief, War, and Classism

Minor: Slavery and Trafficking

ladydeathnesta's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

I absolutely love this book! It’s near perfection and it’s beautifully devastating 🖤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

lizziethebookdragon's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Genocide, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

book_hussy_88's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

booshort's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

What the actual fuck.
Where was this book when I was in all of my previous fantasy book slumps?

The first ~7 chapters were fine enough, it felt like any other fantasy read, really. Jumping in to a new world, learning terms, and just sort of accepting things as they come up. Oh there’s vampires with different types of wings? Ya sure. This big mega vamp wants this rando human child as a pseudo child of his own? Go wild. But once you’re securely in the trials that take place in this book, *you get hooked*. The world is simple but still feels so real with the way Broadbent describes it. It was almost a theme while I was reading; expecting something shallow due to how little this book/author has been talked about in the mainstream until now (thank you booktok), but then being utterly surprised when proven wrong. Each chapter just revealed more and more strings and important details and connections and and and. I am thoroughly amazed.
I know many people are comparing Broadbent’s series and their respective tones to Sarah J Maas’ books, but there really is no better parallel. I’ve yet to read any other books by Broadbent, but there is no doubt I will collect as many as I can get my hands on. 

Seriously though, if you are a fan of SJ Maas, give this author a go.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Genocide, Sexual violence, Torture, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcohol, and War