Interesting take on the typical vampire story line. Wavorly is a human whose family is killed and she is taken by a vampire to be raised as a blood source for the leaders. However, she is everything a good blood source is not. Despite her attitude and disrespect to the leaders, she becomes the favorite of her Zein. As she learn more about him she begins to accept her new life and begins to care for Zein. However, once Wavorly finds out who she really is her whole life changes. Everything she thought she new is now uncertain.

The beginning of A VIOLET FIRE was promising. Unlike other arcs typically found here on NetGalley, it was fast-paced with an exciting plot and excellent world-building. It was straight and to the point and there was never a dull moment. Somewhere along the 50% mark, however, Wavorly's selfish and reckless personality got the better of me and I began to hate every word she uttered. The way she treated other female characters like crap while always seeing the kindness in the males drove me insane. The repetitiveness of Zein and Wavorly's meetings as a way to advance the romance subplot became overbearing and took over other aspects of the book I had enjoyed at the start of the novel. The plot twists toward the end were unsurprising but set up a nice segue toward a possible sequel.

I actually really liked this book. I honestly didn't see that coming! The story hooked me immediately and I feel like the author knew exactly what they wanted their readers to feel as each scene played out. I'm excited for the next book to see how it plays out. That being said I do think it could have been more detailed.

Overall I did like like this book .
Waverly is a young woman who knows what it’s like to be free. To have choice . Unfortunately Waverly lives in a near future where vampires rule. Humans are kept in compounds . They learn vampire etiquette. When to speak , what tone to speak with . History of the vampire wars. There is 5 aristocratic vampire houses. Waverly is owned by Zein . A vampire who has proved himself in battle and can be ruthless.
Waverly has tried to escape and has been caught,. To keep a eye on her Zein bring her to his castle to compete for his attention with all the other women aka blood supply units. There is a undercurrent of dark attraction there.
I liked it and was happy overall.
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Thank you so much

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This was not a good read for me. I did find hard to connect to the story and characters and left me a bit disappointed.
Probably one of the worse reads so far I'm afraid.

I wanted to like this book. I really did.

The story was interesting, and different from the usual vampire novel. The h was kind of annoying and made some stupid decisions, but I'm used to that in these types of books.

I think the problem was that I couldn't relate to any of the characters. I didn't actually like them. I was even a little bored reading this.

The last part of the book was actually interesting, but everything felt crammed in. It was like 75% of the book was background and then the action started at the end.

It wasn't bad. It was somewhat entertaining. But I won't be reading the sequel.

I do thank net galley for the chance to read an advance copy. Obviously that didn't effect my review.