About this Book:
It began long before my time, but something has always hunted our family.
Orphaned heiress Kidan Adane grew up far from the arcane society she was born into, where human bloodlines gain power through vampire companionship. When her sister, June, disappears, Kidan is convinced a vampire stole her—the very vampire bound to their family, the cruel yet captivating Susenyos Sagad.
To find June, Kidan must infiltrate the elite Uxlay University—where students study to ensure peaceful coexistence between humans and vampires and inherit their family legacies. Kidan must survive living with Susenyos—even as he does everything he can to drive her away. It doesn’t matter that Susenyos’s wickedness speaks to Kidan’s own violent nature and tempts her to surrender to a life of darkness. She must find her sister and kill Susenyos at all costs.
When a murder mirroring June’s disappearance shakes Uxlay, Kidan sinks further into the ruthless underworld of vampires, risking her very soul. There she discovers a centuries-old threat—and June could be at the center of it. To save her sister, Kidan must bring Uxlay to its knees and either break free from the horrors of her own actions or embrace the dark entanglements of love—and the blood it requires.
*Review Contributed by Jan Farnworth, Staff Reviewer*
What I Liked: Immortal Dark is a fresh debut novel that uses morally grey characters, dark academia, secret societies, lovers-to-enemies romance, and restless strife to find the truth on the edge of your seat. Kidan has grown up far away from all that we soon learn about in this book. She knows nothing about vampires, the mysterious Uxlay University, and the inheritance she can gain by becoming a companion to a vampire. Kidan’s sister June has disappeared, and she will stop at nothing to prove to the world that she should be a heiress who has taken her.
What Worked: Tigest Girma has created a fascinating world where humans (acti) and vampires (brainiacs) are meant to live as companions in infamous houses. Each new concept about this world that Kidan has entered to find her sister had me on the edge of my seat. The dark academia is intriguing, Kidan’s lengths to see her sister are jaw-dropping, and the secret societies and houses these people live in are so creative.
Final Verdict: I have never read a story quite like this one. I can see how new adults and young adults can use this book. It has been toned down to be a young adult, but it still holds lots of situations that you should check out the trigger warnings for before reading this one. You will find a set of characters that does not hold back from going at each other’s throats; you may also want to read the book more than once before you read the next one when it’s released, as there is a lot of info to unpack in this book.
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