I knew I had to read it when I heard that I love a good vampire story, even now, and boy was this an excellent reason why vampires have yet to fully fade from pop culture. This was compared to both Underworld and ACOTAR, and I was absolutely OBSESSED with both at different times of my life (ACOTAR is ongoing, obviously). But Oraya will be forced to ally with those intent on killing her, and what she learns about herself and her father along the way may just change her entire world. But all that is about to change Oraya is set to compete in the Kejari, a contest that promises any one wish to the victor. She’s grown up in the House of Night, separate from everyone, prey to the predators that surround her. Oraya was rescued from the wreckage of her family home as a baby by the vampire king, Vincent. There is nothing like the feeling of sinking into this kind of story for me, and I fucking loved this. I laughed, I swooned, I gasped, I obsessed over these characters. Those are the stains on one’s innocence that never fade.” The blood that spilled over that marble floor, though… Not the blood that spilled between her thighs that shaped her. It was not the sex that changed the girl forever. “Strange, that girls are so often told that the loss of their virginity marks a threshold between girlhood and womanhood, as if it fundamentally alters them in some way. Review: The Serpent and the Wings of Night (Carissa Broadbent)
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