By:Carissa Broadbent
“something pointy was something pointy.”
This book is all about pointy things! GOODNESS thank you Broadbent for giving us some spice in this book! Oraya and Raihn are probably one of my favorite Fantasy couples. I mean they give Rhys and Feyra vibes!! I love that they connect on such a deep level. Oraya gets some of the answers to questions that were haunting her in book 1.
It was super satisfying for me to find out that Oraya was actually Vincents daughter. I think it brought her character together. It made her conflicting emotions for Vincent even more appreciated as a reader. Vincent stifled her to an incredible level. I agree with one of her later quotes about it being as horrific as depriving her of food or shelter. She was raised to be afraid of vampires. She thought of herself as weaker. In reality, that is half of her being.
I LOVED THAT ORAYA WAS FINALLY GIVEN SOME VAMPIRIC TRAITS!
“I never knew something could look so beautiful flying away.”
Obviously Raihn loved that too.
I totally got some Dumbledore/Harry vibes in Oraya and Vincents relationship throughout these first two books. In the rings that were guarding the God Blood, Oraya saw what Vincent was feeling. It reminded me of Snapes tears in the Pensieve. We also got this…
“I’m inventing you,” I whispered. “Because you’re what I want to see.” He lifted one shoulder in a delicate half-shrug. It was such a familiar movement, it made my breath stutter. “Perhaps,” he said. “Does it matter?”
Which totally reminds me of this quote: “Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry.” Why should that mean it isn’t real?
Overall I really liked this. I just realized when reading the author’s note that this is the end of Oraya and Raihn’s story. This is devastating to me. I hope our travels into the House of Shadow will be just as thrilling. I also hope it will be as exciting as the House of Night.
December 20, 2024