I REALLY REALLY enjoyed this book! It is actually one of the few books that I have stayed up late at night reading, desperately trying to finish the book. But first, a quick summary:

This book is about the main female protagonist character named Oraya, who was picked up from a very young age by the Vampire King, Vincent when her entire village burned down. They have a very interesting relationship in the story. You can see Vincent clearly loves Oraya very much, however, he can’t express his love for fear of Oraya (who is a human) as a weakness seen by others.

Oraya is a very strong main character. She is bold, courageous, absolutely fearless, and was trained from a young age to kill, maim others, and hide her emotions in order to protect herself from her father’s court. She decides to enter a trial of sorts in which if she wins, she will get a goddess’s blessings, which will give her power so she will never be afraid again.

As she continues to compete in the trials, which last four months, she is always close to death. This part of the story was the most complex and heart-pounding because it was so interesting to see how resilient she was when handling pain and the thoughts that torture her from her past.

Also, the enemies to lovers trope present in the book was very light, but perfect to the extent that the author did not overdo it. I really loved how their relationship bloomed from being really not sharing anything with one another to trusting each other with their lives. I thought that was very cute!

The book’s plot line was difficult to guess as well which made it all the more interesting to see the plot twists! Overall it was a really great book!

*Be advised this book best suited is for older readers*

The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent is available to check out from the Mission Viejo Library.