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A review by beachatnormandy
The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
4.0
While I loved the premise and plot of this book, I felt very detached from the characters and the world. Most books I think should be shorter, but this was one of the few instances where I thought it should be longer. It didn’t feel like she had enough time to develop the characters, explain their backgrounds, give justice to the trials. One of the aspects that I really would have liked to dive deeper into was Vincent and Orayas relationship. Because at the end of the book I still can’t comprehend why Oraya doesn’t realize that Raihn was giving her an escape from someone she had been a human slave to for years. Maybe Stockholm syndrome?
I rather enjoyed her writing style, and would argue it is substantially better than people like Sarah Janet. It is simply a more informal/colloquial way of writing that I can understand is a turn off for people. I do hate that she fell into the “teeny weeny girly who is so stwong and emotionally manipulated by her male role model but can’t imagine running shit on her own when given the chance” trap. I did find the romance to be very bland, the chemistry felt manufactured and similar to SJM, has the issue of reducing flirting to using the same few phrases over and over and over.
I rather enjoyed her writing style, and would argue it is substantially better than people like Sarah Janet. It is simply a more informal/colloquial way of writing that I can understand is a turn off for people. I do hate that she fell into the “teeny weeny girly who is so stwong and emotionally manipulated by her male role model but can’t imagine running shit on her own when given the chance” trap. I did find the romance to be very bland, the chemistry felt manufactured and similar to SJM, has the issue of reducing flirting to using the same few phrases over and over and over.