Bookswithmeg

5 Stars

After reading, and loving, A Dowry of Blood I was so excited to get my hands on S.T. Gibson’s next book. And let me tell you, it did not disappoint. This was one of those books that I couldn’t stop thinking about, I couldn’t wait until I could pick it back up again and continue reading. It immediately sucked me in with its lush atmosphere and gorgeous writing and I’m a sucker (haha get it?) for any books about vampires but this book is one of my favorite books of all time. The writing was not as purple prose as A Dowry but honestly I’m okay with that, it actually was better in my opinion.  I loved both of the characters Laura and Carmilla and this is one of those rare books where I could actually envision everything happening in my head like it was a movie.

I hope that a lot of people don’t go into this book expecting the same writing as Dowry, this book was beautiful in its own way. I know some people are going to disagree and say her writing has gone down from what it was but I’m more impressed that she can have multiple types of writing stylers and the books still come out amazing. The writing was still absolutely gorgeous, the way she set up the atmosphere with beautiful descriptions, the sapphic vampiric romance was amazing, this was everything I could have asked for in a book. The cover art is one of my favorites for 2024 and I’m so excited to get a physical copy and annotate to my heart’s content.

The last fifty or so pages had my jaw dropping and that ending blew me away. This was a book that as soon as I finished reading it I immediately wanted to pick it up again and reread, that doesn’t happen very often for me.

Thanks so much to Redhook Books for the gifted copy for my honest review!