Review by dianabookends - Empire of the Vampire

dianabookends 's review for:

Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

"Nothing is certain in this, save the love of God. Life is not a story you can tell, De Leon. It's only a story you can live. The bright news is, you get to choose what kind yours will be. A story of horror, or a story of courage. A story of indulgence, or a story of duty. The story of a monster. Or the story of a man."

The doors to the Priory opened before us, and I saw light and warmth inside.

"What will your story be?"

This book is exactly what I think a vampire takeover would be like. It does not skimp on how brutal it would be and I appreciate that about it. It's refreshing to read a book where the vampires are the bad guys.

I enjoyed this book even though it does drag along sometimes. It's the story of Gabriel de Leon as he tells it so it reads like a history on occasion. It also had a lot of banger quotes in there.

I didn't really like how this one ended but there was really no other place for it to go as setup for the next book. I will have to take a break in-between but I'm excited to see how his story goes!