The Serpent and the Wings of Night

I really enjoyed Cassandra's previous series Daughter of no Worlds and I was really curious with this new one, which has been receiving so much attention and positive reviews.

This book follows the story or Oraya, a human girl who was rescued and raised by a vampire king. She dreams of changing the world and, for that, she needs to become stronger. She has been training her entire life to win the Kejari and conquer her place in the world. Is she going to be strong enough to beat the competition, while being an easy prey among predators?

What I liked in the book:
- Strong, fearless and smart FMC. Oraya always used her brain in the trials, being this the main reason for her success.
- Carissa is wonderful writing villains and morally gray characters. This is true for both of her series and one of the reasons I enjoy so much her books.
- The romance development was great and mainly based on their connection, interactions and friendship. We hardly get any mention to how handsome the MMC is and this is much appreciated.
- Although I easily predicted the main revelations of the story, I didn't predict the way they happen and I was nicely surprised by it. This was also true for Daughter of no worlds and one of the reasons I think Clarissa is currently one of the best writers of the genre.

What I think it could have been done better:
- It's hard to please everyone regarding the worldbuilding info dump but I believe this book deserved a bit more and I hope the next books expand on this.

I must admit I'm not a huge fan of vampires and I'm getting a bit tired of all the horniness related to blood sucking in recent fantasy series. Despite this, I thoroughly enjoyed this first book and I'm quite excited to continue the series.

Perfect reading for ACOTAR, TOG and Blood and Ash fans. I think it actually has potential to turn out to be better than those series.