A Soul to Keep: Duskwalker Brides: Book One

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The dynamic between Orpheus and Reia is interesting (we know he won't eat her, but he sure gets close to it), and it was fun to see which parts of The Ancient Magus' Bride the author decided to work into the story and what world-building was original. he was already wavering for the ow when she was lying to him and remembered how much he cared about her and how much her betrayal had hurt. I mean I would have had more sympathy for her if she hadn’t gone that route, but really revenge was quite a rational desire for her, so the fact that she is made out to be totally evil (rather than just traumatized and a bit of a bitch) bothered me. Also, if she was shunned by the community from the age of seven, how exactly did she manage to grow up? I-I thought you were going to eat me,” she whispered, her hands falling limply next to her in the snow.

The book's writing is decent and the story up until that point was okay, but I wish the author had reconsidered her choices with Katerina. Orpheus is the sweetest monster of all time who just wants to be good and do Reia right, but also is tempted to eat her. The typos, which normally I don’t notice but in this book my boredom brought these faults to the forefront, and oh boy did they bother me. Quite frankly if a random bit of world setting wasn't dropped more than halfway through the book I wouldn't have had any clue what sort of time period this book was set in.

In one of the first physical scenes between Reia and Orpheus the author includes misinformation about what a hymen is, as well as the harmful purity stereotype that revolves around it. There was never a dull moment, (well apart from the dreaded traveling) it was one adventure after another. This is just a personal preference, but when I read fantasy, I cannot stand when there are modern words or phrases. I also want to mention that I was disappointed (and a little befuddled) by the author's approach to the first intimate scene.

Durante o período de teste, é possível usufruir de todos os benefícios da assinatura de maneira gratuita. But there's a lot he doesn't know, so Reia has to patiently explain and teach things to him- like boundaries and what's normal human behavior. also, a very unique, ✨exceptional✨ male 'anatomy') and the virgin sacrifice that lacks fear and deemed to be cursed by the villagers.He has no mouth, just a tongue; his whole head is a skull with horns; he has fur, fish gills, and an extruding penis with tentacles. There are a lot of moments where Reia is purposefully obtuse, which was very annoying and had me screaming at her to use her brain. I also thought that some of the language that was used didn't fit the world that the author was creating.

The Duskwalker Brides series is still ongoing, and I understand that there will be 8-9 books in the series. I think I would try another book from this author but maybe this particular series isn’t going to be exactly what I want. making a book 500+ pages when there's barely any actual plot or proper world building should be illegal. e. was very likely to die if she tried to escape and given no other choices) to live with someone she thought was a monster.Even worse, Reia has the audacity to be JEALOUS of Katerina for being Orpheus's first partner, despite knowing that Katerina is so traumatized from her experiences that she wants to kill Orpheus. I of course have an interest in a certain appendage and let me just say I wasn’t disappointed and that too felt very original. As one does, our feisty Reia soon sees past Orpheus’s monstrous exterior and finds herself falling for the sweet male she’s come to know. Reia is seen as “bad luck” and is being sacrificed to a Duskwalker (a demon able to walk in the light) to keep the village she grew up in safe.

Reia is such a strong FMC who, instead of being afraid in this situation, she makes the most of it and embraces the weird.I enjoyed the cute progression of their friendship and their inevitable love story, and I particularly liked that Reia is determined to be self-sufficient. And so, we have a villain who is portrayed as a snobbish, selfish woman (who, out of fear, didn’t say “no” to a horrifying monster she saw kill many people), coming across as sympathetic in a way I do not think the author intended. The baths, omg they were so freaking hot, especially because of the building chemistry between them.