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The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
2.75

Almost a DNF. The FMC is annoying and the competition makes no sense except to pander to YA readers who loved Hunger Games.   The MMC says one phrase over and over again and it's not cute or funny.  It's like his only feature.  
As usual Vampires are super cool evil beings with awesome powers and humans are dumb and helpless except for the FMC who is a complete anamoly. 

Again, like YA novels we are expected to believe that a teenager has the maturity and wherewithal to save the stupid humans from themselves.   

The only interesting character
is killed off at the end of the book. 


I think the only part that had me finish the novel was that the actual writing was good.  There was a backbone of a decent world in there even if the MMC and FMC were so unlikable and the plot was questionable. 

The story is so terrible that I was going to bypass Carissa Broadbent's other series "The War of lost Hearts".  But I am glad that I gave that one a try as it's so different, the characters are better written and the storyline and world building and characters are just so much better I can't believe it's the same writer.  The MMC is one of my favourites

If you like Vampires and hunger games than you may like this and good on you.   I did not