This book is nothing like Serpent & Dove series, so please doing go into it expecting such. This story’s stands on its own merits and delivers what we have all come to expect from Shelby Mahurin.

A great story, good characters, some making bad choices, which brings to your attention and excitement levels to boiling!

I enjoyed this books tremendously, even with the slow start which I am glad I kept reading on, the rest of the story had me hooked.

I’m going to give this four thumbs up! One to add to your TBR.

I wanna say I love a good 'only one coffin' book, but I think this is the first 'only one coffin' book I ever read. So there's points for creativity.
And I have to preface that I have only glimpsed at the original trilogy of Serpent and Dove. Thus I was not pre-involved with the characters or the world. That said, I still enjoyed the book very much.
The FMC has a fantastic character development throughout the story, and I find her fully developed and highly interesting. The blonde, tall and brooding one though is a mixed bag. I found him cringe at the start, rather interesting in the middle, and weird at the end. And way less sexy than he should be. Gladly though the story does not depend on the romance (if you wanna call it that)
The vampire world is really cool and just the right amount of dark.
I think all in all I'm hooked enough to stay in this world a bit longer.
The audiobook is really great for this, making this long story fly by and giving the right vibes.

4/5 stars

Thank you @netgalley and @harpercollins for the eARC!

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🎧 Audiobook Review

The Scarlet Veil by Shelby Mahurin
Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld
HarperCollins UK Audio, 28th September 2023

Set in the world of the author's bestselling Serpent & Dove series, The Scarlet Veil features some of the characters from that series. This was my first time reading this author, and although some prior knowledge of the characters' stories may have been advantageous, I was still able to grasp the plot firmly between my teeth!

Célie has just joined the Chasseurs as their first huntswoman. Fighting prejudice from many, but not the captain, Jean Luc, who is also her fiancé, Célie is determined to prove her worth. But something dark is stirring, and bodies are being found.

At over 18 hours of listening time, or 640 pages, this is a very long book. Célie changes from a naive girl into a badass woman, which is joyful. Maybe it is the change in the company she keeps, as she sets out to solve the murders.

At times, this book felt a little TOO long, and a few things were repeated. But the small details included because it was a long book were very appreciated; I just feel it could have been slightly shorter without losing any of the good stuff. Saskia Maarleveld did a sterling job in bringing each character to life as an individual.

The story was great, the characters interesting with hearts and minds I cared for (or loathed!), and the cliffhanger at the end made me desperate to know more!
If you're a fan of gothic, dark, paranormal, haunted, murder mystery, romance, tension-filled tales, then check out The Scarlet Veil.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thanks to HarperCollins UK Audio and Shelby Mahurin for providing an audiobook via NetGalley; this is my unbiased review.

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Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins UK Audio of the ARC

A good addition to the Serpent & Dove universe. I really like the setting and the worldbuilding. I'm excited to learn more about the characters and see their relationship explored more in the coming books

3 Stars - I wasn't expecting big things from this as I didn't overly enjoy the first two books in this world. However, I did enjoy it more than I thought. The characters feel so half formed and I felt a huge disconnect from them. Celie was naive and irritating and Michal had promise but ended up getting worse as the book went on. On paper this book should deliver everything I want but it just fell short.

I definitely had a good time this one, reading fantasy after a long was the best decision definitely 🤭

This is the book one from the brand new series set in the world of the Serpent & Dove series.

As I haven't read the Serpent and Dove series, so this is my first book from the author's work and I absolutely love the setting and background. This is book one thus the author has mostly focus introducing the characters and creating the background for the series.

Starting with the characters, our protagonist is Célie Tremblay, who has become a huntswoman which is not expected for a woman thus she is trying hard to prove herself to be worthy enough for the job and in the course of the same, she digs into the mystery which leads her to new mysterious adventures.

She wants to solve the problem to prove her worth but the fate definitely has more plans for her.

I'm listening to this as a reread- I already read and absolutely loved this book! I can't wait for book 2. It was maybe a little long but I love the characters- main and side- and the lore, the adventure, it's all fantastic and thrilling! The narrator was really good, doing all the voices for the characters and conveying so much of Celie's personality! Absolutely loved being able to listen to this :)