I think the one thing about this book that I did not like, was that we did not get to see anything from Raihn’s POV. The he was willing to sacrifice himself at the end of the Kejari, just so she would live.
When he dies, she is so wounded, and Raihn once again protects her with everything he has.
Then, once Vincent was grievously wounded, he finally told his daughter he loved her, and implied that there was something that he had meant to tell her but just didn’t. When Raihn was about to slaughter Vincent, Oraya’s father, the one that raised, and the one that destroyed all of Raihn’s people, Raihn still looked for her to try and protect her. I do want to give you a heads up as you read this, there are spoilers in this paragraph.The fact that Vincent died such a brutal death, at the hands of Oraya’s lover, Raihn was fantastic. The one thing I cannot get over, is how masterful the ending of this book was. And honestly, because I read this at the request of family, I know the second book has come out, and it says that this is a duet, but now I am truly terrified that there might be a third book I cannot binge on. I did not expect to love this book like I did. If I had to describe this book, it feels like a more adult version of the Hunger Games, as well as a much better and more interestingly written version of A Court of Thorns and Roses (honestly if anything is going to get a TV show adaptation, it should be this book). She had to love those hard edges and accept them. He raises her like a daughter in some ways, but I adore that the author did not shave off his hard edges to make him more appealing to us as the reader, and to Oraya as his daughter. She is a human that was found and then raised by the Nightborn Vampire King Vincent. The real star of this book however, surprisingly I know, is Oraya herself. But Raihn was such a great and likeable character, with so many interesting flaws, and the way Oraya fell in love with him was so beautiful. We don’t get to see his POV in this book at all, and I think that in itself is a crime, because there are moments that I was dying to know how he felt, what he was thinking, and how his thoughts were working. I fell in love with Raihn when Oraya stabbing him in the leg and took off running.
There are times that authors are not good at creating two distinct characters that are somehow still so similar, and yet, in this book, Carissa did amazingly. the two main characters in this book, Raihn and Oraya, and so incredible. I finished this book exactly fifteen minutes ago, and I truly don’t know what to say. So immediately, I downloaded it onto my kindle and started reading it. My sister texted me and told me if I didn’t read The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent, she would never forgive me.
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