This world is dark and the night is unyielding; the least we can do is fill it with sweet, forbidden dreams”. This one has hints of Snow White and Beauty and the Beast and is actually well-intricated into the story. Besides, if there's anything that I find impeccable, it's the lore. From the first book to this one, the magic, the creatures, and the general world-building are truly fascinating. So, this started out amazingly and drew me in with the plot, the pacing of the storyline and the characters. But that being said, in the middle of the book, the pacing just stops. It drags out. It is not necessarily boring information, but the details are so drawn out that you kind of wish they would get to the next part of the story. Floriane's position as the forge maiden of Hunter's Hamlet is one of reverence, for it is her skill that arms and protects the vampire hunters. She knows her place and is a faithful servant to the Master Hunter and her community... until the night of the blood moon. Until her brother is dying at the hands of the Vampire Lord Ruvan. SN l 38 F T T IR l The Bookish Box Exclusive Luxe Edition Set y S - 72N, O P 4 N o el D' A 'k. 5, 1R 2 Tl N PN A

Ruvan believes that Floriane might be the key to ending his people's suffering. All Floriane wants is to defend her home. I might be the forge maiden, but I am no delicate flower. I am as cold as silver. As strong as iron, I will bend for destiny but not for any man.’ Floriane’s position as the forge maiden of Hunter’s Hamlet is one of reverence, for it is her skill that arms and protects the vampire hunters. She knows her place and is a faithful servant to the Master Hunter and her community… until the night of the blood moon. Until her brother is dying at the hands of the Vampire Lord Ruvan.I might be the forge maiden, but I am no delicate flower. I am as cold as silver. As strong as iron. I will bend for destiny, but not for any man. En sus páginas y capítulos, se presenta a una corte de personajes, no altamente numerable, pero si nutrido. Ruvan y Floriane destacan por su transformación pausada, pero constante, gracias a una evolución totalmente natural, acorde con lo narrado y con ese objetivo primordial de establecer una fuerte conexión con el lector. Su historia de amor, no alude tampoco a la sensualidad acostumbrada, sino que su crecimiento es puramente emocional y se ve acompañado de los gratos recursos de elegancia y una sencillez levemente compleja que colorea más si cabe todo aquello trazado en sus páginas. So far, I am really enjoying the work of Elise Kova. Even though her writing style feels slightly long-winded, she has a way of bringing normal or overdone things to life.

This enables her to untangle the history of the vampires and humans and find out what really happened more than 3,000 years ago. Si hay algo que me encanta de esta autora es que crea historias bastante entretenidas y que acaban enganchando y me parecen bastante originales. Además, que siento que en cada libro va puliendo poco a poco su manera de escribir y eso es algo a tener en cuenta sí o también. Sin embargo, esto no quiere decir que el libro sea todo de rosa. No, la autora sigue pecando como diría yo de profundidad tanto en la historia como escenario y personajes. Estos últimos son bastantes carismáticos pero planos. Además, hay que señalar que la autora crea un insta-love en pocas páginas que a mi muchas veces no se me hace ni creíble. Aunque verlos tan enamorados y tan felices a los personajes me deja con una sonrisa y un calorcito en el pecho. Por eso sigo leyéndolos porque las sensaciones que me dan estos libros me dejan bastante contenta.

XN L N oo IS TSV AN N AN e SV S ER RN EARNSA AN A e IARSA X 7R , "t; A k" -el ' N s NSNS D MRS ! sa e N S 2 0.9 AN NSz 2N N g A A On the night of the blood moon, Floriane, to protect her brother, faces off with the Vampire Lord. Instead of killing her, he kidnaps her to his kingdom to see if she can help break the curse on the vampires. The final truth is that the vampires share one mind. The beasts that torment us month to month are little more than living golems that heed their lord’s will. If the vampire lord is felled, the rest of his spawn will follow. As she agrees to help, she gets to know the vampires and the curse that is on them. That both races are not what they seem to each other. Through this adventure, will humans and vampires coexist? A nivel argumental y en comparación con los otros dos libros integradores de la saga, es un libro mucho más elaborado, lo que les hace ser capaz de convertirse en una historia más completa. Al romance acostumbrado, le acompaña una argumentación descrita con calma y sutileza, un espacio que garantiza cierto nivel de misterio, como si en verdad uno realizara un puzzle con su composición argumental y cuyo paisaje da lugar a una acción constante que mantiene en vilo a su lector y que hace de una maldición, su mejor escenario.