A review by zwe
Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco

medium-paced

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

2.75

Really wanted to like this one but right from the beginning I just didn't vibe with it. I'm still not even exactly sure where this book was set there was so little description about the setting as a whole, just the naming of random villages. Didn't super love any of the characters either, unfortunately. The biggest reason I was intrigued by this book was because of the throuple between the main three and it was very underwhelming. Not that the book *needs* smut/sex, but the fade to black of every encounter was annoying and I don't think any of the three of them were developed enough to make sense as any sort of couples. Basically anything about Zidan was told to Remy by Xiaodan and anything about their relationship was told to the reader instead of shown. The plot was so clunky and barely made any sense, and there was way too much happening to try and sift through it all. There's the town hating him and these evil vampires but also the Rot and these weird creatures and the murder of his mom and his horrid father and on and on and on like pick some of those and do them well, but to cram all of them in and not do great job on any of them is annoying. Will not be continuing the series; by the end of this one I was just skimming.