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Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)

by Jay Kristoff (Goodreads Author)

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Kayla Savoca said: " 𝑬𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑽𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐟𝐟

𝙼𝚢 𝚁𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐: ★★★★★
𝙶𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚜: 𝟺.𝟺𝟺/𝟻

"𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬. 𝐍𝐨 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐭 𝑬𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑽𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐟𝐟

𝙼𝚢 𝚁𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐: ★★★★★
𝙶𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚜: 𝟺.𝟺𝟺/𝟻

"𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬. 𝐍𝐨 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐫."

Oh my goodness. 𝑬𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑽𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆 was 𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂. This was my first “adult” vampire read, the last book I read about vampires was the 𝑻𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 series back in high school.

I will always have a love for 𝑻𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, but what I loved most about 𝑬𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑽𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆 is that this book justified how scary vampires truly are. We don’t fall in love with them, they are something to be 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅.

Gabriel de León was such a main character! He’s sassy, moody, daring, charming, fierce, badass, all of the above. This is the first book in a trilogy and I can’t wait for the continuation of this series!!

What I loved most about this book is that it was over 700 pages and not once did I feel that there was a “slow” period, nor did it ever feel too rushed. I personally felt that every chapter, every section, had some sort of importance. Jay Kristoff is meticulous with this writing and created a true slow burn, where us readers enjoyed every second of every page.

Can we also talk the illustrations in this book?!?! I mean they are beautiful!

Read this book if you like:

★ Castlevania
★ Interview with a Vampire
★ Van Helsing
★ The Witcher
★ The Last of Us ...more "

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Feb 25, 2022 03:34PM · see review