Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with a digital review copy.

I have heard great things about this author’s other book, To Kill a Kingdom, so I was interested in trying this zone. The cover and the premise really drew me in. However, I was a bit let down. The characters felt flat to me, and I never really connected with them. The story also kind of dragged and I found myself bored. There were a few moments with Atia and Silas that I found intriguing, but I was never super invested. This was fine, but not really for me.

“We all have a bit of monster in us. But we all have a bit of something else too.”

Alexandra Christo, author of To Kill A Kingdom and The Princess of Souls, comes back with a new novel: The Night Hunt. A dark fantasy romance that follows Atia, a monstrous girl who feeds on fear and nightmares, and Silas, a Gods-cursed boy who falls in love with her. As the last of her kind, Atia hides in the shadows to avoid the wrath of the unpredictable Gods. Silas, a Herald stripped of his human memories, seeks to recover his true identity. When the Gods send monsters to hunt Atia after she breaks a sacred law by killing a human, Silas offers a deal: he will help her avenge her family and defeat the Gods if she helps him break his curse. Together, along with a human boy who knows all about monsters and a half-banshee boy without a family, they set out on a quest to kill three powerful creatures and change their destinies.

The plot of the book is cleverly crafted, with surprising reveals and fast-paced action. This adventure story is enjoyable, and the comical dialogues offer a light-hearted feel to the darker aspects of the narrative. The found family aspect of the book shines through, creating a strong group dynamic among the characters.

Christo’s writing style is engaging and the younger tone of the characters would be particularly suited for young adult audiences. However, some characters may feel a bit flat at times, and the world-building could have been more developed. Despite these minor flaws, the story keeps readers hooked with its intriguing quest plot and the chemistry between Atia and Silas.

All in all, The Night Hunt is an electrifying fantasy romance that explores themes of gods, monsters, and the blurred lines between them. Christo skilfully blends snarky banter with gore elements, creating a sort of enemies-to-lovers romance set in a page-turning adventure. Overall, this book offers fast-paced fun and is recommended for fans of dark YA fantasy and mythical tales.

I loved this book! Alexandra Christo is fast becoming one of my favorite authors. I first read To Kill A Kingdom by her and I’ve been a fan ever since.

The Night Hunt drew me in with the cover. The art is stunning and really draws your attention. The book follows Atia, a Nefas monster that feeds on fear. Ever since her parents died, she’s been alone and always trying to stay hidden. In this world monsters have to go by rules from the gods that created them. The biggest rule being that if they kill a human, the monster will become cursed and they will start to lose what makes them a monster and they could die. There are also beings known as heralds, who were once human, but after they died became servants to the gods and have to ferry the dead to the afterlife.

Atia has always been careful to never kill a human. However, one night while defending her friend she accidentally kills someone. This leads to a herald of the gods, named Silas to appear and curse her. Silas isn’t like all the other heralds. He has a mind of his own and he desperately wants to remember who he was as a human. When he finds out there is a way to get his humanity back, he convinces Atia to help him, because if she does he can help her break her curse. All they have to do is kill a few monsters and a god.

I really enjoyed the world building and characters in this book. Atia is such a fun character. She’s fun and feisty. I also loved the found family aspect of this book. They had such a great group dynamic and I was rooting for them all the way. This is such an amazing book and I already want to read it again!

A unique fantasy story, I must say.

This book tells the story of Atia, a monster, the last of her kind, who must team up with Silas, a Herald (monster hunter slash grim reaper) to break their curse together.

Like other fantasy books, we are presented with a completely new and magical world, and unlike other fantasy books, the storytelling is quite fast and straightforward.

Silas is stiff, rule-following and rarely smiles. His character is full of secrets. His job as a Herald keeps him in a boring routine, but he doesn't question anything until he meets Atia.

In contrast to Silas, Atia is free, impulsive and rebellious. Her destiny as a monster makes her dangerous and feared. Even so, Atia has never harmed a human. The contradictions in her character make me curious about what will happen in the next pages.

As a fantasy story, I found many familiar compositions. Enemies to lovers, found family, adventures, and prophecies. The romance was the slowburn type that kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. The dialogues between the characters are dynamically written, making it easy for me to distinguish one character from another.

This book carries the idea of retelling stories from folklore and myths in several countries. Be it creatures or places. It's actually a fresh idea, but I have to admit I'm not a fan (solely from my personal taste).

It was fast-paced. Situations could take an extreme turn in just one page. It might be normal for second half. But, when it comes to intro part (entirely first half of the book), these-non-stop-scenes make the conflict seem mundane. I just couldn't picture out what's the real problem we had there.

The book's plot twist was the only thing that kept me sitting until the end. Thank God, at least.

I enjoy the adventures I had with this book. 3,5/5 from me.
Thank you Netgalley for the e-ARC.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with this arc in exchange for this honest review.

My arc expired before I could finish this book unfortunately. I’ll give a proper review in the future when I have the chance.

This book had so many things I loved and a few that made it a harder read for me. I loved the characters and the quest aspect. I struggled with how it lagged in the middle and there wasn't quite as much worldbuilding as I usually enjoy. Outside of that though I loved how this story progressed and the god system of this world/how it works with the rest is so much fun. This is a great read if you want something a bit dark with adventure and not a lot of processing required to understand what is going on which let's admit it, sometimes that's exactly what we need.

This was such a cool and creepy read. I loved how the main character isn't some perfect and good being. She feeds on fear and is in that grey area between good and evil. I loved the lore in this book and the gods that are in it. It's such a cool concept for a story. I just loved the world and the characters so much. I wish there was more written in this creepy world filled with monsters and mayhem.

This was a very enjoyable read. The beginning grabbed my attention, and although the ending was a little predictable, I really did enjoy it. The middle was a little slow for me, though, and this was the part where I lost focus and it was a little hard at times to continue. But overall I really did enjoy it, and can definitely recommend it.

The Night Hunt is a captivating story of monsters against gods and how what lurks in the shadows is not always as scary as what walks in the light. We follow Atia, a monster girl, and Silas, a herald who hunts monsters, as they team up with each other to take down the gods in rule. Both characters are exceptionally morally grey with a wicked sense of humor. As far as fantasy reads go, the world-building and magical elements were easy to follow. Fans of Percy Jackson will fall in love with this book, as I did, with the perfect blend of found family, adventure, and romance. My only issue was that the conflict seemed low-stakes, but I loved the story nonetheless. I would 100% recommend this book to my fantasy-loving friends!

Thank you, Alexandra Christo and Feiwel & Friends, for sending me this book in return for an honest review.

Thank you to the publisher for my arc!


This was such an interesting read! I couldn’t put it down and the romance was fantastic.

I really enjoyed this book. I hope the author continues to write more books in the future. I can't wait to see what this author releases in the future.

Thank you to NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinions.

This book was so good! I found myself getting a little bored somewhere towards the middle but then it picked back up.

This book has so many monsters it was a fun concept to see them all in one world and halfway working together!

I felt like this had a very YA feel but all in all a solid quick read!

I love the world-building, the world is divided into kingdoms based on Elements, and each is ruled by a cousin from a royal family. The hierarchy of the Gods and Oksena where they reside is beautifully created. I loved Atia and Silus. Their love story was more of a star-crossed lovers than anything else and I was not sure what to expect at the end. Silus wants to protect Atia, something he didn’t consider when he offered her a chance at getting back her immortality. There are vampires, banshees, oracles, and various other mystical creatures.

I rarely read standalone fantasy, because I often don’t like how rushed everything is considering the world-building, plot, and character development with 100s or sometimes 1000s of years taking place within 300-400 pages, so I was not sure what to expect. However, this story doesn’t disappoint. It’s a dual POV so you get to understand both the MCs and their intentions. Silus lives in the present majorly uptight because his mind is completely blank. He craves to know his past. Atia is the opposite, while she still wants her memories with her parents intact, she still wants to run away from the night that took them away from her. Together they form a formidable alliance, one where they understand each other and protect each other.

The side characters, Tristan and Cillian are cute and their protectiveness for Atia is heart-warming. I had to take down one star for the lack of bonding for the four characters that are quite important for a found family. I know Tristan and Cillian were side characters but sometimes I couldn’t understand why were they even present there, adding a few paragraphs to show their care or a few scenes with the four of them just being their having fun would have worked.

It doesn’t take away a lot from the book but I would have appreciated a better friendship that didn’t look superficial.

I really wanted to love this one since I was one of the BIGGEST fans of To Kill a Kingdom... but The Night Hunt definitely fell flat for me. There was just too much story in here that made every other aspect of the book feel lacking.

Now, I know it sounds like a good thing to have a jam-packed story, BUT HEAR ME OUT. I think what ended up happening here was that the author focused too much on incorporating as many events as possible into the story that she wasn't able to give any attention to the other aspects that should have driven the story forward, such as the characters and the world-building. I'm just going to give a brief rundown of what worked and what didn't.

WHAT I LIKED

⭐ I did appreciate the story for what it was. If you're into adventure- or quest-type stories, then you might enjoy this one. A LOT definitely went on, and it was nice to have a little taste of different mythical creatures and scenarios as the story progressed.

⭐ The general idea of the characters -- a big YES for me. I love myself a cast of characters with completely different backgrounds. The Night Hunt already gets bonus points for giving us monster girls and boys alone, despite their lack of personalities -- which brings me to the things I didn't like...

WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE

⭐ Good god were these characters super dry. The main characters felt like they were written for a much younger audience (or this could be a sign of aging for me) with their insta-love and cringe-y banter. I couldn't differentiate any of the side characters, and they were too conveniently thrown into the mix. I.e., there really isn't a lot of character development.

⭐ There was little to no world-building. The author tried to incorporate some, but it was done... not-so gracefully. I can't tell you anything about this world, because I am still confused about all of it.

⭐ The writing style was just NOT for me. It came off very juvenile sounding. I might have appreciated this book more if it was marketed to a younger audience, but given how dark this was supposed to be, I expected a LOT more maturity from it.

Basically: I didn't enjoy this as much as I would have liked, BUT I will still continue to read from this author because I do love the concepts she brings to the table.

I received an ARC of The Night Hunt from Netgalley and am leaving this review voluntarily.

The Night Hunt was shaping up to be an epic adventure of murder and fun based on the synopsis. What I got was indistinguishable characters, little to no world-building, and a rushed story. I ended up putting this book down around the halfway mark. Nothing was keeping me reading, which was unfortunate.

Everything in this book happened so fast. By the time I processed the scene and the consequences of what happened, we were already three scenes away. I felt like I was keeping a nice, steady jogging pace, but the story was doing sprints. I was left in the proverbial dust, trying to understand why it felt the need to leave me behind.

The world-building left things to be desired. I don't understand this world. I don't understand the power structure. I don't understand what the point of the gods and monsters are. I don't understand where we were, how we were getting around, or how close everything was together. It almost felt like because this is a standalone, the author decided to go for plot over substance. However, that made for a very confusing story. The plot wanted us to be somewhere, and so we were there, regardless of how it happened. I don't need, or usually want, pages upon pages of travel, but I did need something. Something to show me the layout of where we are. Give me anything at this point.

The characters were also a product of the rushed story. I didn't feel that any of them had real personalities, and though the point of view changed between Atia and Silas, there was no real difference between them. It got to the point where I had to continually flip to the beginning of the chapter to remind myself of who I was supposed to be with. On top of that, the few side characters I met felt completely unimportant, even the ones that Atia and Silas were traveling with. They were conveniently ignored during key scenes as if they weren't there in the first place, and honestly, it probably wouldn't have made any difference if they were never there. It felt like they were there just to be there and put words on the page. There was no real substance to them or Atia and Silas.

Unfortunately, The Night Hunt was not for me.

I don’t think I’ve ever read a story quite like this one before!

This book is a dark fantasy romance wherein a girl (Atia) who just so happens to be a monster that’s practically been eradicated, feeds on the fear of others. It wouldn’t be a romance without a male lead though….& in this case it’s Silas; a herald (he ferry’s the dead and carries messages)whose meant to hunt and kill monsters, not fall in love with them.

When Silas offers Atia his help in avenging her parents with the caveat that she help him regain his memories that were stolen by the very Gods who took Atia’s parents away there is no choice for her but to accept as only together will they be able to succeed.

This dark romantasy has elements I’ve never seen in other storylines and I’m so thankful for the author & publisher for sending me an e-galley of this book!

DNF @88 pages

There's nothing really bad about this book from what I read, it just felt aggresively mediocre and I was kind of bored. The characters are bland and predictable, the plot seems perfectly fine but again, predictable, and the world isn't as interesting as it wants to be. One of our main characters is supposedly a murderous monster, but she's really just misunderstood and nice, even if she does consume people's fear. Which is such a boring way to go for the last surviving member of a species that has been wiped out by genocide. Where is the rage? The bitterness? The anger at anyone remotely connected with the Gods responsible? But no, she's pretty chill about it and teams up with one of the God's Heralds, almost no questions asked. The monstrousness just feels like window dressing for a very Mary-Sue character. And if the vibe is supposed to be dark romance, I should feel something about the characters by now, but I don't. Based on reviews I don't think this is going to get better for me, so unfortunately I'm deciding not to finish. I received a copy of this book for review, all opinions are my own.

As always, Christo excels at the hunter vs. hunted romance trope. The magic and creatures are fun to follow, and the style is generally inviting. THE NIGHT HUNT feels thin to me compared to the rich yet efficient world building of TO KILL A KINGDOM and KINGDOM OF SOULS, but I wonder if that's because of the high number of line breaks. The number of line breaks was somewhat distracting and pulled descriptions apart that might've felt more cohesive as a unit, which slowed the pacing. However, I do think many readers who aren't easily distracted by style will find enjoyment in this one.

The Night Hunt is an excellent YA fantasy novel filled with monstrous lore and romance. It was an easy read and the author’s world building was beautiful. I think this novel definitely falls into the younger side of young adult but I still enjoyed it.

I have really enjoyed every book this author has written and this one definitely did not disappoint! She has this way of writing fun books that read really easily and with amazing unique concepts.
This concept is so different from other books I've read and I really liked it. The female MC is a Nefas, she can make you see you worst fears, I mean how cool is that!! I haven't read a book with someone that can do that before.There are also gods which is something I also like and the mix of the mythical and these other creatures is just really interesting to learn about. The found family concept in this book was also so sweet!
I definitely recommend reading it if you're looking for a unique YA fantasy.