A review by neonfrills
Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco

  • 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

 
An Adult Fantasy that follows Remy, a vampire hunting noble rumored to be a dhampir, who has to join forces with two of the leaders of the vampire courts to stop the spread of a more monstrous, zombie breed of vampire that threatens both humans and court vampires alike.

This book is actually difficult to talk about because I love it so much. If anything tops this as my favorite book of the year, I will be shocked.
Here’s a random list of stuff I loved bc I can’t explain it any other way:

  • Magical Military: a niche favorite trope of mine. The order of vampire hunters that Remy belongs to, the Reapers, are also entrenched with political drama and secrets, plus lots of R&D science stuff which I love in a fantasy setting.
  • Remy’s entire backstory, how he both 1) doesn’t know he was abused but also 2) how that abuse coloring all his expectations of how relationships are supposed to work and actively impacting his attempts to form new ones.
  • WE LOVE A THROUPLE!! Remy, being impulsive and full of pent up rage but also being sooo emotionally damaged, Xiaodan having a “kill it with kindness” attitude as well as being a bad bitch, and Zidan, being the Type A intellectual asshole with a heart of gold and troubled past…all flawless. Things about each member's past gets revealed so well and aids in building up the organic relationship between them. Also, for a book that has surprisingly little smut, the sexual tension is also insane and had me ready to gnaw off my own arm at the slowburn of it all.

I cannot stress enough how Castlevania this feels; there’s even an inclusion of “a horrible night to have a curse” that I could recognize as a non-fan. This book is for all the gays who wanted the Castlevania anime to have a canon throuple. I am waiting very impatiently for next year when the sequel comes out so I can see my babies again…

 
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