en-US Wed, 24 Jul 2024 03:46:05 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 60714999 Human or vampire, the rules of survival are the same: never trust, never yield, and always �� always �� guard your heart.

The adopted human daughter of the Nightborn vampire king, Oraya carved her place in a world designed to kill her. Her only chance to become something more than prey is entering the Kejari: a legendary tournament held by the goddess of death herself.

But winning won’t be easy amongst the most vicious warriors from all three vampire houses. To survive, Oraya is forced to make an alliance with a mysterious rival.

Everything about Raihn is dangerous. He is a ruthless vampire, an efficient killer, an enemy to her father’s crown�� and her greatest competition. Yet, what terrifies Oraya most of all is that she finds herself oddly drawn to him.

But there’s no room for compassion in the Kejari. War for the House of Night brews, shattering everything that Oraya thought she knew about her home. And Raihn may understand her more than anyone �� but their blossoming attraction could be her downfall, in a kingdom where nothing is more deadly than love.

The Serpent and the Wings of Night is the first book in a new series of heart-wrenching romance, dark magic, and bloodthirsty intrigue, perfect for fans of From Blood and Ash and A Court of Thorns and Roses.]]> 504 Carissa Broadbent j 5 fantasy-faves, ongoing-series Honestly finding Broadbent's writing style so addictive!! I saw people saying this book fell flat for them so I feel like that really shows how subjective a reading experience can be because I loved this likee loved the character development, development of dynamics/plot/magic as well as exploration of a variety of relationship types along with using vampirism to look into motifs of humanity in real life ]]> 4.29 2022
author: Carissa Broadbent
name: j
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2024/07/07
date added: 2024/07/24
shelves: fantasy-faves, ongoing-series
review:
4.5 stars
Honestly finding Broadbent's writing style so addictive!! I saw people saying this book fell flat for them so I feel like that really shows how subjective a reading experience can be because I loved this likee loved the character development, development of dynamics/plot/magic as well as exploration of a variety of relationship types along with using vampirism to look into motifs of humanity in real life
]]> 123283034 204 Carissa Broadbent 1957779039 j 4 fantasy-faves, ongoing-series Loved the character and plot development with exploration of a character who struggles to give out affection. I found the exploration of both terminal illness and plagues in a fantasy setting intriguing as well as how science and magic would hypothetically work together

Honestly love Lilith so much I actually preferred this novella to the first book in some ways like don't get me wrong I do love Oraya and Raihn but I feel Lilith was more relatable in some ways (in the same way that I love both Jude Duarte and Wren from the folk of the air but connected more with Wren if that makes sense) as Oraya had already carved herself to be this talented fighter ]]> 4.31 2023
author: Carissa Broadbent
name: j
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2024/07/12
date added: 2024/07/24
shelves: fantasy-faves, ongoing-series
review:
3.5-4 stars can't decide ✨️
Loved the character and plot development with exploration of a character who struggles to give out affection. I found the exploration of both terminal illness and plagues in a fantasy setting intriguing as well as how science and magic would hypothetically work together

Honestly love Lilith so much I actually preferred this novella to the first book in some ways like don't get me wrong I do love Oraya and Raihn but I feel Lilith was more relatable in some ways (in the same way that I love both Jude Duarte and Wren from the folk of the air but connected more with Wren if that makes sense) as Oraya had already carved herself to be this talented fighter
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Emily Wilde is a genius scholar of faerie folklore—she just wrote the world’s first comprehensive of encylopaedia of faeries. She’s learned many of the secrets of the Hidden Folk on her adventures . . . and also from her fellow scholar and former rival, Wendell Bambleby.
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Because Bambleby is more than infuriatingly charming. He’s an exiled faerie king on the run from his murderous mother, and in search of a door back to his realm. So despite Emily’s feelings for Bambleby, she’s not ready to accept his proposal of Loving one of the Fair Folk comes with secrets and danger.
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And she also has a new project to focus a map of the realms of faerie. While she is preparing her research, Bambleby lands her in trouble yet again, when assassins sent by Bambleby’s mother invade Cambridge. Now Bambleby and Emily are on another adventure, this time to the picturesque Austrian Alps, where Emily believes they may find the door to Bambley’s realm, and the key to freeing him from his family’s dark plans.
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But with new relationships for the prickly Emily to navigate and dangerous Folk lurking in every forest and hollow, Emily must unravel the mysterious workings of faerie doors, and of her own heart.]]> 352 Heather Fawcett 0356519163 j 5 fantasy-faves, ongoing-series This was one of those books that has raised my standards and made me question my high ratings for other books I've read because it was so good ]]> 4.23 2024
author: Heather Fawcett
name: j
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/01/06
date added: 2024/07/24
shelves: fantasy-faves, ongoing-series
review:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This was one of those books that has raised my standards and made me question my high ratings for other books I've read because it was so good
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