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A review by renpuspita
Night Myst by Yasmine Galenorn
dark
emotional
mysterious
3.5
RE-READ
More like 3,5 stars now. Re-reading this to continue to read the next book because back then at 2013 (okay, time sure do flies fast) I just read book #1 and didn't continue the rest. Also, I just realize the perversion of the vampire portrayed here really make it icky, and the first PoV didn't help to lessen it.
OLD review below, kind of spoilerish, so read at your own risk :P XD
Night Myst is the first book of Indigo Court series, and also the first time I try to read Yasmine Galenorn's books. I have her Otherworld series which in my opinion is pretty cool since she write it from 3 sister POV and each book, the POV always change. Also it have pretty covers too. Night Myst also has pretty cover, you know with "I'm sexy and I know it" pose, which I believe I will have difficulty to mimic it :)).
I like this book, like the Fae myth behind it. Yasmine Galenorn herself is shamanic witch and the Fae God and Goddess is her patron, so she definitely know what she write. Not just like another writer who doing research. Not that I think another writer is bad, but the myth of this book feel natural and captivating for me. The way Ms Galenorn write about vampire, fae, shapeshifter, even those creatures are not new to me, still provide a new info about their kind. Ms Galenorn make a new creature, unite Fae and vampire, called Vampiric Fae with their court, Indigo Court, and they're so cruel, also fierce. The vampire themselves, beside sensual creatures, they're also people who you want to messed with. Not that kind you want to cuddle too! (oh yea, thank to the O Sparkly One, who apparently is a joke to vampire world :)) )
The story is full action packed, and full of magic term. Cicely, the heroine can control wind and one of Uwilahsidhe, a Cambyra Fae, Fae who can shapeshift into animal. And Cicely can shift into owl. Now, that's what make Night Myst more unique. An owl shape shifter. Her lover, Grieve is a Summer Court Prince that can turn into wolf but sadly now he is part of Indigo Court and Cicely will do anything to save him. Add with Cicely's uneasy alliance with Lannan Altos from Veil Court (the vampire). Even no love triangle, because Lannan make Cicely (and me) sick with his cruel and chauvinistic behavior. Another character also make this story rich, like Cicely's cousin Rhiannon, her fiance Leo and Kaylin Chen, the dream walker. Also, not forget about Cicely's enemy, Myst the Queen of Indigo Court who somewhat have relationship with Cicely in the past.
Galenorn's writing is kinda ordinary for me, and maybe it just me, but some part feel flat. Though, I still want to read the next, because I love the world building and want to know how Cicely will beat Myst, save Grieve and if she can free herself from Lannan Altos
More like 3,5 stars now. Re-reading this to continue to read the next book because back then at 2013 (okay, time sure do flies fast) I just read book #1 and didn't continue the rest. Also, I just realize the perversion of the vampire portrayed here really make it icky, and the first PoV didn't help to lessen it.
OLD review below, kind of spoilerish, so read at your own risk :P XD
Night Myst is the first book of Indigo Court series, and also the first time I try to read Yasmine Galenorn's books. I have her Otherworld series which in my opinion is pretty cool since she write it from 3 sister POV and each book, the POV always change. Also it have pretty covers too. Night Myst also has pretty cover, you know with "I'm sexy and I know it" pose, which I believe I will have difficulty to mimic it :)).
I like this book, like the Fae myth behind it. Yasmine Galenorn herself is shamanic witch and the Fae God and Goddess is her patron, so she definitely know what she write. Not just like another writer who doing research. Not that I think another writer is bad, but the myth of this book feel natural and captivating for me. The way Ms Galenorn write about vampire, fae, shapeshifter, even those creatures are not new to me, still provide a new info about their kind. Ms Galenorn make a new creature, unite Fae and vampire, called Vampiric Fae with their court, Indigo Court, and they're so cruel, also fierce. The vampire themselves, beside sensual creatures, they're also people who you want to messed with. Not that kind you want to cuddle too! (oh yea, thank to the O Sparkly One, who apparently is a joke to vampire world :)) )
The story is full action packed, and full of magic term. Cicely, the heroine can control wind and one of Uwilahsidhe, a Cambyra Fae, Fae who can shapeshift into animal. And Cicely can shift into owl. Now, that's what make Night Myst more unique. An owl shape shifter. Her lover, Grieve is a Summer Court Prince that can turn into wolf but sadly now he is part of Indigo Court and Cicely will do anything to save him. Add with Cicely's uneasy alliance with Lannan Altos from Veil Court (the vampire). Even no love triangle, because Lannan make Cicely (and me) sick with his cruel and chauvinistic behavior. Another character also make this story rich, like Cicely's cousin Rhiannon, her fiance Leo and Kaylin Chen, the dream walker. Also, not forget about Cicely's enemy, Myst the Queen of Indigo Court who somewhat have relationship with Cicely in the past.
Galenorn's writing is kinda ordinary for me, and maybe it just me, but some part feel flat. Though, I still want to read the next, because I love the world building and want to know how Cicely will beat Myst, save Grieve and if she can free herself from Lannan Altos