I was kindly sent an ARC by Marisette. When I initially started reading, I was immediately thrown off balance by the difference to all the other vampire novels I've previously read. It enthralled me, and I just kept devouring the pages. The story here is complex and wonderful in its own right, you feel for the FMC and the MMC, I found myself with a burning pit of seething in my stomach at some parts, like a mirror effect from the sheer horror of the FMCs life. I smiled with the good parts and got so wrapped up in the story I found myself passing out slumped over my kobo from lack of sleep.. Thank goodness they are tough little things. This book is a story of lost trust, death and finding strength again amongst monsters and depraved situations. I enjoyed Marisettes twisted imagination with her world building, I'm a sucker for an intensely built up atmosphere, you either have that way with words or you don't. She does. I wouldn't wish the first depicted location on any living soul. I saw it clearly in my head and although there were some lovely, nice descriptive scenes, the intense, chaotic free for all environments would not be on my to visit list.
