kylibrarianjen's reviews
317 reviews

I asked for the ARC of this book (thanks NetGalley!) because I liked the cover. Yes even librarians judge books by their covers. I didn’t realize that it was part of a broader set of books in the same world. I have a feeling if you’ve read other books in the series this book is a real treat, as the characters from those other books take turns dropping in.
I wasn’t sure what to expect, but the book sucked me in pretty quickly. The first half moves fast as Violet confronts would be assassins at home, but while others said they felt it slowed down in the second half I didn’t feel that way. I thought the plot moved along at a fast clip and I was racing to find out how Violet would defeat the vampire king(?). I will say the ending felt a little anti climactic and even a tad rushed. But this one has certainly made me want to go back and read the others in the series. It felt like the author left us bread crumbs along the way that I missed out on, not having read the others that came before.