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THE SERPENT AND THE WINGS OF NIGHT isn’t simply a new favorite of 2023, this book has claimed its place as one of my favorites of all time. It has a slow burn rivals-to-friends-to-lovers romance, complicated family bonds that will rip apart your heart, deadly trials, a truly fierce protagonist, magic, men with wings, a truly original take on vampires… There isn’t a single thing about this story that didn’t click with all of my tastes. The only other author who managed to make me go this feral was Sarah J. Maas, and I think you too will love this dark, action-packed and romantic vampire tale if you love her books!

Recensito in Italia il 14 maggio 2023

Finalmente un libro ben scritto e con una trama entusiasmante, dialoghi ben riusciti e colpi di scena. Non vedo l'ora di leggere il successivo

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Eligiu

There it is!

Recensito in Italia il 4 luglio 2023

I admit at the beginning I struggled with Oraya's behaviour, but now I totally understand her and love her.
She's a strong character that has learned how to fear in order to survive and seeing how she started to trust others was amazing. What to say about the end? I didn't see it, typically I am able to guess the plotwist, but this was so unexpected that I was stuck reading the last few pages! Totally recommend this book!
❤️Forced proximity
❤️Enemies to lovers
❤️Badass character

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A well written slow burn with an addictive plot

Alfredo Russo

Recensito in Italia il 7 settembre 2022

Oraya's story is an emotional rollercoaster full of morally grey decisions to make for her and almost every one of the characters that accompanying her. The storyline is solid and the ending not what I expected. The only thing that made me falter between 4 and 5 stars was the world building, that was not the smoothest for me, and a couple of hiccups in the timeline at the beginning of the trials (or was it an editing issue?), But in the end it felt too intriguing and we'll written not to give 5 stars. Bonus points for Raihn, I can't help but fall for those I'm-onlu-soft-for-her-I-swear-I'm-bad book boyfriends. Can't wait for next one!

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CAMAIL Laure

Epic!

Recensito in Italia il 24 aprile 2023

This pulled me out of a reading slump with bloodied claws! I love it. The writing is funny at times, poetic and gorgeous always. The characters are deep and multi faceted and the romance is a delicious slow burn that delivers big time! The enemy to lover is one of the best I’ve read!

A delightfully dark fantasy romance, full of action and terrific plot twists

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Recensito in Italia il 31 marzo 2023

This was my first book by Carissa Broadbent and, well, let's just say that I'm going to check her other books.

What will you find in The Serpent and the Wings of Night?
✨ Dark atmosphere
✨ Vampires and magic
✨ Deadly tournament
✨ Well-rounded, relatable characters
✨ Action-packed
✨ Enemies-to-reluctant-allies-to-lovers
✨ Slow burn romance
✨ Who did this to you?
✨ Plot twists

Need I say more?

What I loved the most was how well-rounded and extremely relatable the MCs were. I actually felt their emotions, shared their inner struggles, and embraced their dreams.
The relationship between Raihn and Oraya.... just *chef’s kiss*
I loved how the human yearning to be more like the vampires and the vampire mourning his humanity complemented each other. The slow-burn romance was masterfully developed and never rushed with lots of hate-to-love vibes.

The last 40 pages were an emotional roller-coaster, and the final plot twists (yep, plural!) were terrific, to say the least.
TBH, I would have loved to know more about the delicate political balance among the vampire Houses and their relationships with the human kingdom. Also, the mythology was pretty cool, and I craved to know more about it. But these are trifles compared to how much I enjoyed this bloody, passionate and wild ride.

I definitely recommend this book if you are looking for a darker fantasy romance, full of action and terrific plot twists.

Perfect writing, perfect story

Costanza Angeloni

Recensito in Italia il 17 aprile 2023

After reading Daughter of No World I had absolutely no doubt about the ability for Carissa Broadbent to write an amazing story.

The Serpent and the Wings of Night is a slow burn enemy-to ally-to lovers fantasy.
Oraya is the perfect heroine, she is strong and yet frigile, she is the 'daughter' of the most powerful vampire and yet she doesn't belong.

The world building is amazing and the plot twists are multiple.
The relationships in between characters are complicaten and layered wery well during the book.

The ending was mindblowing with a plot twist that I didn't expect at all.

Kindle Customer

Definitely worth buying!

Recensito in Italia il 3 maggio 2023

Amazing. Just amazing. I'm not a fan of vampires but this book has got me lost with time and reality and i just couldn't put it down. I'm not going to be a spoiler and tell what's the end like. Definitely have to read it yourself because it's worth reading! Carissa Broadbent is now one of my favourite authors.

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Ana Machado

This is a good, good book

Recensito in Brasile il 14 febbraio 2024

The story starts off a little slow paced. A lot of world building and well formed basis from witch to present us a great tale.
This is a first-person perspective story, and the author is sooooo efficient to lead us thru the many strong, deep and contradicting emotions of the lead. We can feel all that she felt as we are lead into a rollercoaster of events, unravelling all the entanglements of past and prospects of future while she watches all of her truths become undone.
I must say I was expecting more of romance, but it is definitively a good exchange for all the richness of carachter building. And when the romance finally do unravell, it does not come short.

T. Sparks

Thrilling, romantic and charged with emotion

Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 19 gennaio 2024

I hadn’t even heard of this book when I was offered a review copy, but a few glowing reviews caught my attention and I agreed to read it. And I’m so glad I did! This was a wonderful surprise, a dark, dangerous, vampire tale with intricate world building, great characters and a little bit of spice. Even better, this is the first book in a series, and I’m so excited to see what comes next. Yes, there are some familiar tropes at work here, but I found the combination of all the different elements to work surprisingly well. If you love The Hunger Games or Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I guarantee you’ll find a lot to love in The Serpent & the Wings of Night.

Oraya was only seven when her village was destroyed and her entire family killed. Plucked out of the wreckage by a vampire king named Vincent, Oraya has been living in the House of Night, one of three vampire factions in the land of Obitraes, for the last sixteen years. Vincent has raised her as his daughter, teaching her how to survive in a land ruled by vampires, and it turns out, preparing her to complete in a once-every-hundred-years competition called the Kejari.

The Kejari is made up of five brutal trials, each one winnowing the contestants down until only two remain. Only one victor can be crowned at the end, though, and Oraya is determined to be the last one standing. The reward for victory is sweet: any wish you want, granted by the goddess Nyaxia. Oraya’s wish? To become a vampire herself and fight side by side with her father in the war against the Rishan, a rival vampire clan within the House of Night.

But once the trials start, Oraya realizes it's going to be hard, if not impossible, to win. Luckily, she meets a vampire named Raihn who asks her to ally with him and his friend Mische. Oraya and Raihn work surprisingly well together and they become a formidable team against the other contestants. But, as Oraya must keep reminding herself, only one of them will survive the Kejari, and the more she gets to know Raihn, the less she wants to kill him.

This is a lush, complex world, and the author does a very good job of introducing it in this first book, even though I’m certain she’s only scratched the surface. At first it was a little hard to keep everything straight. There are three main vampire “houses,” but within those there are smaller factions. Each house has its own types of power and magic derived from different gods, and the houses don’t usually intermingle with each other, although the Kejari is the exception, because vampires from each house are allowed to join the competition. And it isn’t just vampires in this world. Humans live among them, although they are mostly treated as servants or even food. Because Oraya is under the protection of a vampire king, she’s safer than most, but she still has to watch her back at all times.

In addition to the competition plot, which is the main focus of the story, there’s a war brewing in the background that will most likely take on a bigger role in the next book. There’s a lot of Shakespearean drama and tragedy going on too. Vampires will kill their parents to take over as leader, and then they’ll kill their children so they can’t do the same to them. This isn’t a happy world by any means, but luckily there are bright spots in the plot.

Which brings me to the characters. The focus of the story is the slow build relationship between Oraya and Raihn, an enemies-to-lovers romance that I thought was very well done. Oraya, who spends her free time stalking vampires and killing them, is horrified to find she's starting to like and respect one, especially when she discovers he’s one of the Rishan, her father’s enemy. Oraya has a prickly personality, which I quite loved, although she eventually starts to warm up to Raihn. But their banter was so much fun, charged with all sorts of emotions, and I loved how the author gave them time and space to get to know each other before (yup) hopping in bed together.

There are a lot of great side characters as well. Mische is the sweetest vampire in the story, and her friendship with Raihn was wonderful. I was rooting for the three of them to be OK, but wow, some of the scenes in this book were so stressful! Vincent was an interesting character as well. I didn’t really like him in the beginning, but you can tell Oraya loves him, even if he’s the one who took her away from her home. I liked him less and less as the story went on, and by the end of the book I hated him, lol. Still, it was interesting to see Vincent and Oraya interact, even if I didn’t always understand her complicated feelings for him.

As for the Kejari, it was thrilling and scary, and the trial scenes had me holding my breath, I was so worried about Oraya, Raihn and Mische. I loved that the actual trials felt different from other “fight to the death” stories I’ve read, although don’t worry, there’s plenty of bloodshed!

As the end of the last trial approached, I started to get very nervous. After all, there’s only one winner, right? The author managed to completely surprise me with her ending, making me even more excited to read the second book, The Ashes & the Star Cursed-King. And I can’t say enough about Carissa Broadbent’s writing. Her prose breathes life into her characters, and her storytelling skills make this a must read for fans of vampire/fantasy romance.

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Kalia Mellway

Carissa is a genius

Recensito in Canada il 31 gennaio 2024

**spoiler alert** Carissa you lovely beautiful genius <3

This book was amazing!
The writing style is so beautiful and I was drawn in from the very first line, and obsessed until I read the very last one.

The world is so unique and it was described in a way that made me feel as if I was there.
The characters were wonderful, and I loved their stories and how they made me feel.

I think Vincent was especially well written. He is the definition of a morally grey character. Oraya herself is conflicted at times on how to feel about him, and she is his daughter!
I think a quote that showcases this perfectly is:

“I could hate Vincent the king, who had slaughtered whatever family I had left, who had overseen the torture of my people, who had relentlessly killed and destroyed. But how could I hate Vincent, my father, who looked at me that way? My anger made everything certain and easy. My love made everything complicated and difficult. I allowed myself to be distracted." - Oraya

Oraya thinks of her father and sees two different sides, masks, to him. Vincent the King is ruthless, violent, powerful, a king on a throne of corpses. But Vincent her father rescued her, protected her and taught her how to protect herself. For vampires, for a vampire who literally murdered the rest of his family to secure his throne, that is sometimes the only way they are capable of showing love.

I will be recommending this book to everyone I know

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Mariana C.

Turned out great!!

Recensito in Messico il 18 dicembre 2023

Loved the story, the characters, the villain!! Is the first book from this autor that I reaf and definitely become a fan!

Andrea

Amazing!

Recensito nei Paesi Bassi il 6 novembre 2023

Beautifully written. A pageturner! We need more vampire stories like this one! It Might be the book of the year for me. 🫶🫶🫶