Short sampler but wow I am TEASED! Cannot wait ti get full version later this year. One of the very best vampire stories out there!

This was no fair! I want the rest because it was soo good!!
Thank you for the little snippet that you have granted me. Now I know, I will have to purchase it! Thank you!

When I requested I was not aware that it was just a sampler. But I still read the available chapters and I am super excited for the book. This is the third book in the Empire of the Vampires Series which is a dark fantasy with gothic vibes and some horror elements, set in the world where the sun has been concealed. The story follows Gabriel de León, a fallen vampire hunter, as he seeks to end the endless night. It features vampires, a war-torn world, and a quest for a holy relic called the Dior. I am very much into the themes of this series and hence will be waiting eagerly for the book to release in November. There isn't much I can review at this point but the first few chapters have me very excited for the book.

I did not see the "Sampler" when I downloaded this originally. I will come back and update when I finish the whole book. I'm giving a high rating since I feel like it's going to be amazing!

140 days until I can breathe again. Why, Jay Kristoff, why!

Having the chance to read a sampler of my most-awaited book of 2025 brought me tons of joy... and excruciating pain. How am I supposed to exist until I can read the rest?? So far, this book lived up to my every expectations.

If you haven't read this series, why are you waiting for? Let's goooo!

Jay Kristoff will never disappoint me, he is such an amazing writer and this series is one of my absolute favorites. I am so excited for this release, and this sample just made me even more excited!! But also bittersweet to be ending this series 🥲 15 Chapters was not enough I need it all! 😭

However, NetGally has disappointed me because this is only a sample and they didn't originally notify readers that it was a sample until you get to the end of the chapter 15 and it says "Thanks for reading the sample" 😭 Then they took no ownership when we tried to contact them. They really tried to casually update it on their site AFTER the ARCS went out. Shame on you netgalley do better! 🥺 this was cruel

I will start this by saying that this is my most anticipated book of the year, and I have zero doubt it’s going to be a 5 star read. This is easily one of my favorite series of all time. However, when I requested this book it was not labeled as a sampler, or I would not have requested it. I cannot invest time into reading 200 pages, and then have to reread it again in November when the full novel is released because my brain does not retain things. The fact that this was a sampler should have been clear when this was originally posted for request. My rating here isn’t a reflection of the book or the author, but of the fact that I don’t feel I have anything to review at the moment.

While this is only a sampler, I can give the vibes of a review.

I am unprepared for how much this will mentally break me in November.

Well, this was incredibly disappointing as I wasn't expecting this to be just a sampler of the book instead. When you request a book on here, you expect to be able to read the whole thing and review it properly, but that wasn't the case this time around.

I'm giving this a 1/5 solely because it was a sampler and I cannot write a proper review based on a sampler.

I have got to get better at reading the descriptions to avoid previews and samplers, so I can stop requesting these teases!
However - this one jumped right into it and I absolutely cannot wait to see what Kristoff has in store for us next!

Thank you to Netgalley for E-ARC in return for my honest (though under informed) opinion

Excellent! I can’t wait to read the rest, this sample leaves you hungry for the rest of the book out in November.

when I requested this, I was so excited to have gotten it and then it was updated to sampler out of nowhere. while I appreciate the sample, wish it was the whole book, since that wasnt advertised, big fan of the series though.

When I requested this book, it did not say it was sampler and I was under the impression this was a full novel. It is not, and it appears netgalley has since added the correct verbage. I will be waiting to read and review the full novel and many of my followers are eager to hear my opinion, so it's a shame I have to wait..

I will say I love the other two books and talk about them all the time and recommend them to customers constantly. I'm very excited for the final installment and I'm sure it will be a five star read. Now only if we can get a movie or TV series out of it...

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Four legged friends that say Neigh - 0

One day I'll learn my lesson about wanting to read these samplers, and prevent myself the pain of having to wait months after getting a drop of water.

The beginning has a lovely refresher of characters and where we are, I absolutely LOVE how this story is told with Gabe and the historian - it's so fun reading this way (read fun as torturous and painful) and I cannot wait for more.

I know Jay says it's not going to end well but I have delusional hope (says through tears).

The break in the sampler is mean and cruel and I should have expected it since that's what happened for book 2 as well but STILL I WANT MORE.

Thank you so much for this and just know I'm bereft without more to read.

I love love this story and the sample I got to read is no exception. The story is beautiful and I can not wait to read the rest of it! I will say that the new "illustrations" leave a lot to be desired. But ultimately it's still a 5 star read so far. Thank you net galley for the arc

I want to thank you for giving me an opportunity of reading this first few chapters in this final book of Empire of the Vampire world. I was so excited to see where we left off and to feel at home, seeing what Gabrielle was going to say and do. I can tell just by the small sample that Kristoff is going to bring the depth and emotion to this book that we know him.

This is only my rating for a sample of the book. I doubt it will change when I finally get to read the whole thing, as I rated the first two books five stars. I'm almost glad it's still a few months away, as I am not prepared for this to end. The artwork is stunning. I cannot wait to see it in print.

**Thank you Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for providing this ebook. All opinions are my own.**

I am so excited for Empire of the Dawn and happy to read this sampler. I appreciate that the book starts with an overview of the cast of characters, it is a nice refresher if you need one but also has some funny comments and really gets you back into the tone of the story. I really enjoy how the story is being narrated and our historian interjects with his own questions and comments. The book starts off with a bit of action right away and as we get back into Gabriel's tale a new setting. It is always so interesting to see new places in this series and learn more about how different cities have survived this long. I can't wait to read the rest of this book.

Full disclosure, I haven’t actually read this yet. I screwed up and requested without realizing this is only a sample. If I read this sample this far out from the release date it might kill me. So I’m going to wait. Giving 5 stars because I know I will anyways. Love this series

I'm extremely annoyed that when this book was first made available here on NetGalley it didn't say ANYWHERE in the title or description that it was only a sampler (that has since been changed, but the original page misled me into thinking the entire book would be available). I wouldn't have requested or downloaded it if I'd known that it was only a partial! Especially since I plan to reread the first two books before I review the final volume and I had already started rereading the first one, and now have to wait until the end of October because there's no way I'm rereading half a million words twice. Which means I just wasted time rereading part of book 1 that could have been spent reading and reviewing another ARC instead, on top of being disappointed because I was looking forward to being able to read the entire trilogy now. This isn't the first time this has happened on NetGalley, so obviously I need to be better about remembering to wait and check out other reviews first before requesting things--but I was just excited for this book, and now I am much less so. I really wish we could trust publishers to be more detailed oriented with regard to things like this, and particularly when it comes to popular titles they know people will request right away!