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The Coldest Touch by Isabel Sterling

8 reviews

lilliana_blackstar's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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The Coldest Touch (2021)
By Isabel Sterling ♒️

YA Paranormal Adventure Romance with queer vampires? Yes please!
Omgosh I loved this! It is as if the assignment was: "Take the best parts of Twilight and The Vampire Diaries, but make it more wholesome, more inclusive, less problematic and more queer and sapphic" - and this story is successful at that! I love the world building, the loveable characters, the delightful and believable teenage angst, the crushes, and the mystery adventure! I want to have more! I dont know if the author is going to bring us more and make this into a series, but I NEED IT.

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unicorn3's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Like Sterling's series about Witches, this book is also written magnificent. Easy to read and never boring, she's a great writer.
The story was also really good and I enjoyed it time and time again. It's kind of an open end, so maybe we'll get a second book?
Really enjoyed it tho.

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kirstenf's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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jazdono's review

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adventurous dark emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This book gave a novel and unique take to the familiar world of vampirism. In terms of world building, the new aspects of the paranormal world were seamlessly built into the existing lore. I do wish we saw a bit more of that world, but with the plot, it made for the narrative to be fairly limited in that regard.
In terms of plot, it started out at a great speed. It grabbed my attention and drew me in without feeling like a textbook on the author’s world building and lore (like so many YA fantasy books do). It got kind of drawn out in the middle, like the author wasn’t sure where to take the story. Once she found her footing, though it took off at a good pace again!
Most importantly, I’m a sucker for gay fantasy books. This book is definitely a slow burn, and it drove me crazy (in the most positive way). The ending of the plot (both the story overall and especially the romance) felt hastily wrapped up and didn’t leave me with a sense of closure. It feels like it was left open for a sequel without the author being confident that she would actually write one, so the ending gave a weird mix of “open to continue” and “giving closure”.

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

It took me a minute to get through this book but I really enjoyed it! Although the ending had a bit of a weird vibe for me and I’m curious if there will be a book 2. Maybe an origin story for WYN? Oh and I really loved the themes of consent.

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