Week 15 Review: When Among Crows

From Goodreads:

Step into a city where monsters feast on human emotions, knights split their souls to make their weapons, and witches always take more than they give.

Pain is Dymitr's calling. To slay the monsters he's been raised to kill, he had to split his soul in half to make a sword from his own spine. Every time he draws it, he gets blood on his hands.

Pain is Ala's inheritance. When her mother died, a family curse to witness horrors committed by the Holy Order was passed onto her. The curse will claim her life, as it did her mother's, unless she can find a cure.

One fateful night in Chicago, Dymitr comes to Ala with a bargain: her help in finding the legendary witch Baba Jaga in exchange for an enchanted flower that just might cure her. Desperate, and unaware of what Dymitr really is, Ala agrees.

But they only have one day before the flower dies . . . and Ala's hopes of breaking the curse along with it.

My Review:
I had such a great time reading this book! I love Veronica Roth's writing, and this sounded like a really great read, and boy, it was! The synopsis had me intrigued, and I had to know what was going to happen next-especially since there was the time crunch of the life of this flower! 

This world of various monsters from folklore, especially Slavic, was really interesting, that they were known to the world, which is why people could call in the Holy Order to deal with monsters. I hope this becomes a series because I want to see more! 

Oh, man, Dymitr and Ala. They both have things weighing them down, Dymitr that he's a knight, but he wants the destruction of one knight, Ala that she has this family curse. I loved reading about them, getting to know them, they were tortured and I had to follow along with their story! 

I loved that reveal of what the plan was, that was just amazing! And how things actually went down, that was just so fantastic to read! I loved how it turned out, though I would've loved to see a bit more of the aftermath, because I always want more! 

This was such a good book and I can't wait to read more by Veronica Roth! 

Author: Veronica Roth
Read: April 10th, 2024
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really great, and it's a SAC 2024 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Expected Publication: May 14th 2024

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars