A review by wardenred
Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

There are many things we suffer through that we never deserve, and that is true whether you are dead or living.

Well, this is the first book by Rin Chupeco that I didn't DNF, so there's that. Still, I clearly need to stop succumbing to the peer pressure and the lure of awesome concepts and admit they're simply not the author for me. It's a pity, though, because this novel sounded right up my alley. Castlevania vibe! Vampires! Poly relationship! What's not to love? Eh... 

I did enjoy what I've grasped about the lore, but the way it was delivered left something to be desired. The plot felt like, idk, just a string of things that kept happening at breakneck speed while simultaneously every scene feeling too long. I don't even know. Maybe this is the kind of story that would work better on screen than as a novel. I think my favorite parts were all those badass action scenes, but I would have preferred watching them to reading about them. I found it very hard to care about any of the characters because none of them felt properly developed, and Remy in particular annoyed me despite having exactly the kind of backstory and struggles I'm usually a sucker for. But he was just so flat, and so, so slow on the uptake. And while this book's marketed as an adult novel, the feel is just so YA, except with gorey "adult" things thrown in. 

I really wanted to like this book, and I still like the idea of it. But, alas, not the execution.
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