The Serpent and the Wings of Night

My love for this came completely out of left field, because if you described this book to me as “fantasy vampire Hunger Games romance” I would assume at the very most I would give it 3.5 stars, purely if it was entertaining. Instead, I devoured this book in a couple days and found myself so into, and very impressed by, the interesting and dynamic characters and relationships (the very complicated father-daughter dynamic, the various class dynamics, the various faction/political dynamics, all so well done), brutal and impactful action sequences that really hit hard, really well-delivered world-building (never info-dumped on you, and very naturally integrated through scenes and conversations throughout), a romance with great chemistry (where I actually was shown why they would make a good pair, and wasn't rolling my eyes because their trust and attraction was written to build up very naturally), and just an overall excellently paced book that had me saying “...ok, just one more chapter” over and over.

So glad I get to jump right into the next book in the series!