I can't think of any way to write this review coherently other than to break it down into the categories above.

Enjoyment: The beginning was making me worried, but I did genuinely enjoy reading the last 70ish%. I wanted to pick it up, I wanted to keep reading. The ending was surprisingly emotional (a few tears were nearly shed), and I really appreciate a good epilogue (I hate not knowing how characters' lives continue on).

Quality: Not really much to say. It is good writing, not amazingly poetic or anything but there isn't anything to fault about it, and it serves the type of book just fine.

Characters: Eeek okay. Filippa was done so well. We don't really get to know her until the very end, but depth was given to her in very few pages with brilliant nuance. This goes hand in hand with Celie, and they both were written to give a really realistic representation of the complex feelings and thoughts we can have about family (especially with their mother being in the mix too). We also got more depth to Michal, which is an improvement on the last book, as well as Dimitri. The rest fell a little flat for me, if I am honest, but they are side characters so it is no huge sin haha. Death was a pretty good villain too.

Plot: Eh... there was a plot, I guess. Nothing special, very predictable, but hey it is a teen read (apparently - the spicy scences beg to differ in my opinion).

Overall, enjoyed it. Solid one to pick up if you are into spicy vampire books!!

I think most of the reason I liked this book is because I managed to read it at exactly the right time, while I was watching Vampire Diaries for the first time. The vampires are so similar in this book to the show and the characters have similarities so it almost just felt like I was reading bonus episodes. I don't know if I would have enjoyed it as much if that wasn't the case. I may have to eventually reread to assess that.

At the beginning, I thought the writing style was a bit juvenile, but that feeling quickly faded as I got into it. It is a teen read, after all (bit raunchy at some points for that imo).

I really enjoyed Celie as a character, I think she is unique and refreshing. Realistically challenged, and steady, with obvious character growth. The rest, except for maybe Mila, felt a little one dimensional.

Plotwise... I don't know. It was okay I guess. Not great, not terrible. The ending was punchy, but the reveal of the Necromancer.. a little underwhelming perhaps.

Overall, solid read and I did enjoy it.