All right, come for me for writing a review of this book just now, but it didn't occur to me the last time, and now that I've read it all over again, I feel it's time to give it meaning. 

I didn't remember much from my last reading – but enough to know the essence of the plot – so I had to “learn” everything about this world again. 

Basically, now something caught me (maybe the late Twilight era lol) and I vowed to read the book series, no matter what. So, here we are, praying to a greater being that my vows won't be in vain. 

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Basically, I didn't have a problem with her, she didn't hold me as well as she should have, and I didn't feel as much pressure to understand her, but I definitely sympathized with her. She had walk and will walk an extremely long way (especially after the end) in her mortal life to finally find peace. 

Diana was an extremely complex character, with too many layers to know from a single book, but one thing is for sure; She fights not with her mind, but with her heart, and at the moment of death she would act not out of cruelty, but out of grace just like the goddess after whom she is named.  

Gods, I love and hate this man at the same time. It's so hard to know him — and it's not because he's a vampire — beacause I never really know whose side he's on and where his boundaries lie. He lives by a completely different code of grace than Diana and has completely different habits. He is a warrior, not a healer and a commander, not a follower.

Basically, I could list his good qualities for as long as the bad ones, and somehow at the end of the day I would still say, huh, which side is he really on? I think he's very grey, maybe grayer than normal, but I understand why. I would surround myself with so many walls and dance under the stars with the same number of weapons as he. In short, I would drink the same poison as he does, if I had to go through what he had to go through, so I don't judge.

I can't ephasise enough the fact that he's too protective and too caught up in the past, and he looks to others for understanding of his actions that he knows aren't exactly accepted, he expects absolution that he can never get, not really. I understand that he has lived in a patriarchal order almost his entire life, but if a man were to say to me what he said to Diana (no matter how much he loves me or what he is willing to sacrifice for me), then he is on his own way. And I understand that he wants to protect her, but that's too much sometimes, she can't breathe alone. Then he judges Ysabeau, even though he knows exactly what she had to go through not so long ago. If he lost his "partner," wouldn't he go crazy like she did?

Ysabeau, she was undeniably my favorite character, I just empathize with her so much and understand her so much, she has a reason for every single action, she doesn't just wield her power in the air, she thinks.

Marthe, she was extremely clever and cunning, she is at the heart of my heart and I am extremely grateful to her for taking such good care of the whole family, her loyalty is unquestionable.

Marcus, basically I'm a little sorry that he often has to live in his father's shadows, but he loves his family very much and seems to do anything in his power for them, if they needs a helping hand, he jumps, if they needs a kind word, he comes, he just has such a good heart that they don't deserve him.

Miriam, I like her and I would like to know more about her tragic past. They often don't take her seriously, even though she has an incredible mind and she is good problem solvers.

Sarah, gosh I loved her very much. She has my heart, from the bottom to the top. She did everything — literally everything — to keep her niece safe, there's just the kind of connection between the Bishops that I'd love to explore.

Em, ohh my dear Emily. She has a heart of gold, but she is serious and has a grandmotherly mood that would make me want to hug her. She deserves the whole world with everything in it.

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THE PLOT/ETC.

The plot was easy to follow, although it started off quite slowly and there were parts where we got a little too much description that we shouldn't have, but I'm not complaining because ultimately not everything can be perfect. The composition was beautiful, something that showed that it was indeed written by an educated author.


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I'm going to continue with the second book, which I'm really going to read completely and I can't wait to start the series as well, because I heard - thank you from here too, dear Instagram user - that it follows the book relatively well and it can be enjoyed!