A Violet Fire by Kelsey Quick
BookWyrms,
Whoever said that the Vampire genre was over - was wrong.
A Violet Fire by Kelsey Quick is everything I love about a good vampire book and has a refreshingly realistic take on vampires as a species.
Moving away from the gentle, peace loving, just trying to 'fit in' vamps of recent books A Violet Fire takes us to a world were Vamps have taken over and rule with iron fists (or fangs). They mongered war until they almost hunted humans out of existence, leading to a blood shortage and then the need for human breeding and blood laws. They maintain their power through manipulation and brainwashing and I am a huge fan of authors that use that as a method for keeping the masses down in their books because it's so true to life!
Plus I'd take a blood thirsty, intelligent, manipulative, slightly unhinged vampire overlord over a sparkly, shy, gentle vampire any day of the week.
A Violet Fire reads a little like a fan fiction (and this is in no way an insult) in that it has gratuitous blood drinking, human slaves, a class system that creates forbidden love, and the age old troupe of enemies to lovers, swiftly followed by multiple betrayals.
And I am here for it! It keep me guessing the whole way through.
Honestly, I was addicted from page one and immediately wanted Zein and Wavorly to get it on, even though we don't actually meet Zein properly until page 41!
I ship Zevorly!
Zein is the kind of character where his decisions blur lines between villain, anti-hero and hero so much that you can't pick just one to label him with. All I know is that he may be a fearsome war lord who might of have done the most heinous and evil things but I just really like him! It's his wry sense of self and scheming that won me over.
Wavorly on the other hand both frustrated me and made me feel for her. I think the thing that irritated me the most was her relationship with Savvy. There were a few times when she was on the receiving end of Savvy's brainwashed anger that made want to throw Savvy to the Fallen myself. But this being said, I also understand that the humans who are born and bred under in Cain will be suffering with Stockholm Syndrome and so I have to give Savvy a pass and by extension Wavorly too, because Savvy is her only 'real' friend. And it would take a lot of strenght to be the only 'normal' human amongst all the cattle in Nightingale.
What I did love about Wavorly was her lack of self control when it came to telling the Vamps what she really thought of them , I love a gal with a impulse control issues, who is witty and scathing all in one breath. And that is our Wavorly.
To her own detriment in fact - which I think is a very realistic character trait. We've all been there; said and done things we know will land us in a world of trouble but we think 'fuck it' and do it anyway! Sometimes you've just got to let it out and Wavorly does that often, especially, in fact, when she shouldn't.
The backdrop of Cain is a brilliant dystopian/magical world that enchants you as a reader - note to Kelsey can I please have a Basten for Christmas along with a Triltree magical lamp, thank you.
For Wavorly Nightingale is a torture chamber, Lord Zein's residence (in the Sabbanthian territory) is a prison and Amaorin's castle in Isshar (Cain's capital) is her last hope. For me as a reader I'd of happily behaved myself just to go back to the safety of Zein's sweet digs! But then I don't have the fate of the world balanced in my hands (and let's hope I never do!)
All in all I sped through this novel and am desperate for the follow up - I'm team Zein all the way and hope that he endures all! I feel he has more surprises up his sleeve and I want to know which side of the fight he really believes in.
I did notice a few typos in the text (grammar and word choice wise) but I was advised in advance that the author will be making final edits before it publishes on the 9th December 2019, so I'm not worried about this at all.
If you like old school vamps, enemies to lovers, manipulative romances and neck biting then this is for you.
Thanks to NetGalley and Kelsey Quick for letting me read this in advance.
Can not wait for the next book!
As always, until next time, keep on reading,
Lottie
Whoever said that the Vampire genre was over - was wrong.
A Violet Fire by Kelsey Quick is everything I love about a good vampire book and has a refreshingly realistic take on vampires as a species.
Moving away from the gentle, peace loving, just trying to 'fit in' vamps of recent books A Violet Fire takes us to a world were Vamps have taken over and rule with iron fists (or fangs). They mongered war until they almost hunted humans out of existence, leading to a blood shortage and then the need for human breeding and blood laws. They maintain their power through manipulation and brainwashing and I am a huge fan of authors that use that as a method for keeping the masses down in their books because it's so true to life!
Plus I'd take a blood thirsty, intelligent, manipulative, slightly unhinged vampire overlord over a sparkly, shy, gentle vampire any day of the week.
A Violet Fire reads a little like a fan fiction (and this is in no way an insult) in that it has gratuitous blood drinking, human slaves, a class system that creates forbidden love, and the age old troupe of enemies to lovers, swiftly followed by multiple betrayals.
And I am here for it! It keep me guessing the whole way through.
Honestly, I was addicted from page one and immediately wanted Zein and Wavorly to get it on, even though we don't actually meet Zein properly until page 41!
I ship Zevorly!
Zein is the kind of character where his decisions blur lines between villain, anti-hero and hero so much that you can't pick just one to label him with. All I know is that he may be a fearsome war lord who might of have done the most heinous and evil things but I just really like him! It's his wry sense of self and scheming that won me over.
Wavorly on the other hand both frustrated me and made me feel for her. I think the thing that irritated me the most was her relationship with Savvy. There were a few times when she was on the receiving end of Savvy's brainwashed anger that made want to throw Savvy to the Fallen myself. But this being said, I also understand that the humans who are born and bred under in Cain will be suffering with Stockholm Syndrome and so I have to give Savvy a pass and by extension Wavorly too, because Savvy is her only 'real' friend. And it would take a lot of strenght to be the only 'normal' human amongst all the cattle in Nightingale.
What I did love about Wavorly was her lack of self control when it came to telling the Vamps what she really thought of them , I love a gal with a impulse control issues, who is witty and scathing all in one breath. And that is our Wavorly.
To her own detriment in fact - which I think is a very realistic character trait. We've all been there; said and done things we know will land us in a world of trouble but we think 'fuck it' and do it anyway! Sometimes you've just got to let it out and Wavorly does that often, especially, in fact, when she shouldn't.
The backdrop of Cain is a brilliant dystopian/magical world that enchants you as a reader - note to Kelsey can I please have a Basten for Christmas along with a Triltree magical lamp, thank you.
For Wavorly Nightingale is a torture chamber, Lord Zein's residence (in the Sabbanthian territory) is a prison and Amaorin's castle in Isshar (Cain's capital) is her last hope. For me as a reader I'd of happily behaved myself just to go back to the safety of Zein's sweet digs! But then I don't have the fate of the world balanced in my hands (and let's hope I never do!)
All in all I sped through this novel and am desperate for the follow up - I'm team Zein all the way and hope that he endures all! I feel he has more surprises up his sleeve and I want to know which side of the fight he really believes in.
I did notice a few typos in the text (grammar and word choice wise) but I was advised in advance that the author will be making final edits before it publishes on the 9th December 2019, so I'm not worried about this at all.
If you like old school vamps, enemies to lovers, manipulative romances and neck biting then this is for you.
Thanks to NetGalley and Kelsey Quick for letting me read this in advance.
Can not wait for the next book!
As always, until next time, keep on reading,
Lottie
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