Bungulover

The concept was nice, stories were cute, but everything was repeated too many times (specially the rules) and the translation/adaptation was poor. Thankfully I live in Japan and speak Japanese so I could imagine what the characters were saying.

It's the typical Japanese drama of very, very sad happenings in order to make you cry what I disliked about this book. After watching many Japanese movies/series and reading some books, I'm so tired of that recurring theme that it annoys me at this point. I won't continue reading the following books of this series.

This book has the same exact structure to The House in the Cerulean Sea, specially for the first half approximately. However, here the characters felt flat, I didn’t care for any of them and their stories and traumas didn’t feel authentic but forced. I even struggled to differentiate between the three witch children.

I almost to DNF’d at 40% because of this, but I was too lazy to choose a different book so I continued. It didn’t get better.

3 stars. A Mix of Good and Bad.

I gave “The Serpent and the Wings of Night” 4.5 stars.

I understand that the implications of the ending in Book 1 are complex, and it wouldn’t be realistic for the FMC to simply move on after that event.

However, the repercussions of that made me grow to dislike both main characters for a good part of the book. The love-hate dynamic and their muddled morals felt unclear and uncomfortable, and I couldn’t root for them the way I did in Book 1.

Overall, it was a bit boring to me—I’m not sure exactly why. Beyond the interactions between the main characters, there were the politics, the preludes, and the repetitive phrases like “there she is” (which, in Spanish, was translated as “esa es mi chica,” and honestly sounded really icky). The whole “quest for the Holy Grail” plot felt flimsy, especially with how convenient everything became around the 70% mark.

The ending was satisfying, thankfully. However, it didn’t leave me wanting to continue with the rest of the series.

It’s like the author took The Hunger Games, mixed in some other YA dystopian and romantasy tropes, and made a book. Maybe I’ll get tired of it someday, but not today. 🤷🏻‍♀️😆

The book was fast-paced, and the constant tension kept me hooked—I couldn’t stop reading.

All the male characters (especially Kai) being arrogant and flirty all the time got a bit annoying, though.

Also, I didn’t realize this was a Young Adult book (which I’m definitely not); I was expecting more development in the romantic relationship—maybe even some spice—so I was a bit disappointed when it didn’t go there.

I really disliked how the protagonist immediately offered her help to a group of people she didn’t know, without asking any questions about their methods or considering the potential consequences for the two princes—who she was supposedly befriending.

Despite its flaws, it was very entertaining and addictive. I’ll keep reading the series.

This book was very interesting and refreshing. Lately, most romantasy books I’ve read have felt quite similar, but this one stood out a bit—even though it still shared some common tropes.

I definitely saw the protagonist’s identity coming. Unfortunately, I also knew Jonas wouldn’t remain the main love interest because of some fan art I stumbled upon (I just couldn’t avoid it!). I expected he would either die or be Tamlinized—a word I just made up to mean “turned bad”, if you know, you know 🤣—and it turned out to be the latter, which was disappointing. He is waaaaaay worse than Tamlin 😭

However, the reveal about Rey around the 90% mark genuinely surprised me, and that was exciting!

The sunshine x grumpy trope isn’t my favorite, but I’ll keep reading, since this book is anything but conclusive.