A review by ibadella
Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco

adventurous dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I wanted to like this more than i did? the writing and worldbuilding are a bit weak and i found the love story a bit frustrating. as a polyamorous love story i think it doesn’t avoid the most common pitfalls of poly representation, which occasionally creates an interesting tension but mostly feels repetitive and annoying; however, as a coming out story i think there’s some nice (uhh relatable) arcs. and at the end of the day… gay polyamorous vampires. i can’t be too upset.

i felt like i waited most of the book for
remy to fuck the vampires and then when he finally did it was like… okay?? and what else?? idk. lots of miscommunication and misunderstanding as plot that wasn’t super convincing and i spent a lot of the book feeling bad for remy for essentially being unicorn hunted in a very confusing and overwhelming way. also felt like the characters spent a lot of time talking about consent and then did not do consent
anyway i WILL be reading the sequel and i AM emotionally attached to the characters now and i HOPE the poly romance problems are explored more in a productive narrative way and also that every one is gay and happy :)

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