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Dark Flame by M.L. Philpitt
5.0
adventurous challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I ate this UPšŸ”„ I’m a sucker (get it) for vampire x witch romances, and this ticked all of the boxes for me. We have a broody, hell bent on a generations in the making revenge vampire king, Alec, and a witch, Harlow, with special black magick blood, the last of her family line who has lost memories and some big time trauma surrounding it! I also š˜­š˜°š˜·š˜¦š˜„ Freya’s (the First Witch) narration! It was so unique and something I haven’t read in a book since high school. 

There isn’t much world building, but it isn’t needed. There are times where the vampire/witches worlds are explained in an organic way. I feel like we’ll get more about the world and different covens as the series progresses, which I cannot wait for! 

I really cannot wait for the next book🄹 I loved Alec, Harlow and how their story was told. They’re both my kind of funny and their love is one that will transcend time. They’re both grow so much together and on their own. This became one of my ā€œread it because I said soā€ books so quickly😩 

Thank you so much to the author and Torch Lit Ink for the gifted copy!