I also really enjoyed quite a few of the side characters, they added depth, humor and challenging personalities to the story. The world-building was excellent in my opinion and I cannot wait to learn more in Book 2. I loved the dystopian feel of this story. I really enjoyed this, you guys! I do not read a lot of vampire-related content, really my only experiences being Salem’s Lot, NOS4A2 and Doctor Sleep, so I wasn’t sure if I would enjoy this or not. They have a complicated history and you just know something’s going to go down at that castle! No matter how hard she fights back against the powers that be however, Wavorly is ultimately selected to go live in the castle of Lord Anton Zein and act as one of his supply units. Although it may not go as planned, you have to give the girl props for her strength and determination. In fact, when we first meet her, she is in the midst of executing an escape attempt.

This sets her apart from them and she struggles trying to understand their seemingly docile personalities in the face of what lies ahead of them. The majority of these girls were born within the Stratocracy so have never tasted the freedom of the world outside as Wavorly has. Wavorly is brought to a sort of private school where the girls are raised together and taught how to please their future masters. These supply units are eventually chosen and bound to a master who they vow to serve, and feed, for the duration of their lives. Set in a dystopian world, where the blood supply is low, the Stratocracy has developed a vast and interesting system for raising ‘human supply units’. In fact, she is known as the only survivor, rescued, or captured, depending on your perspective, and brought to live within the Vampire Stratocracy of Cain. When Wavorly Sterling was a child, a vampire attack decimated the population of the town in which she lived.

A Violet Fire by Kelsey Quick