For starters, I want to preface this review by saying Silver Under Nightfall was an incredible book. Just because I have more complicated feelings for the finale does not take away from how much I adored the first.

If you’re going into this book for the main couple, then I’d recommend you read this sequel. For everything else, I’d l recommend not to continue because it’s disappointing.

There’s a lot of sudden character personality shifts, and they seem to be more of a convenient change rather than actual character development, Remy’s dad being the biggest example. He is honestly a completely different parent in this sequel than SUN; it’s jarring. You could even say this for the main couple occasionally, but I love them so much that I choose to personally ignore that critique cause I did want to enjoy this finale as much as I could. They are the reason this rating is as high as it is, but I may lower it in the future as I mull over the ending.

I wish this duology was a trilogy because too much happened in this book in a short period of time. I didn’t even realize this was the finale until those final 40ish pages when all of the plots were coming together. I don’t think readers have enough time with the Night Empress’ backstory nor the world building (vampire world) as a whole. I felt like I was given crumbs when all I wanted was the whole cake.

Overall, the story feels rushed in a multitude of ways, so I was disappointed. The best part of this duology (besides the trio 🤭) was realizing I’m a BIG fan of Rin’s writing; I can’t wait to finally read my copy of The Bone Witch and read the rest of their backlog!

Thank you to Saga Press for the gifted copies via this series!