Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
In Kerin's gritty follow-up to Night's Edge, the vampire tale continues as Mia--having survived the gruesome events that resulted in the death of her mother, a "Sara," or sufferer of the vampirism-inducing Saratov's syndrome--plots revenge on Devon, the man who turned her mother into a vampire in the first place. Kerin toggles between timelines as Mia infiltrates ADAPT, a Sara-supremacist organization that believes vampires are entitled to societal control due to their status as the next evolution of human beings. As she grows ever closer to Devon and vengeance, she learns that her enemies are closer, and hungrier for her blood, than she could ever have anticipated. Though the expanded worldbuilding and dueling timelines sometimes prove difficult to follow, Kerin imbues the story with a twitchy, grimy energy all its own, and the ending wraps things up beautifully. This duology stands as an exciting take on the vampire mythos for the modern era, exploring the difficulties of emotional intimacy in a world designed to make it a fatal liability.Readers will be entranced. (Apr.)
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Review by Library Journal Review
This sequel grows the world that Kerin introduced in Night's Edge while also exploring the trauma of its protagonist. When the novel begins, the pseudovampires called Saras are still being pushed to the fringes of society due to their need for blood, and Mia's mother, who was a Sara, is still dead. Rather than try to move on, Mia finds herself instead pulled deeper into the world of Saras, thanks to her mother's connection to Devon, the man who turned her mother and seems to be starting a dangerous group of Sara revolutionaries. Mia, far from moving on, wants to confront the man who transformed her mother into a Sara and ruined her childhood. Moving between past and present at a brisk pace, Kerin's novel shows how actual vampires might be ostracized from modern society while also deftly dissecting the toxic relationship between Mia and Devon, the man from whom Mia seeks both closure and vengeance. However, along the way, she also discovers more uncomfortable truths about her mother that she must deal with. VERDICT This horror sequel invokes more about Sara rights and splinter cells, and Mia remains a fascinating protagonist to watch as she works through her own pain while trying to stay alive.--James Gardner
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