Title: The Revenant Games
Author: Margie Fuston
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: March 19, 2024
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Summary
Bly lives in a human village trapped between witches and vampires. For most of the year, they live in a peaceful truce. But during The Revenant Games, anything can happen. Humans can play for either side. The witches promise to resurrect someone from the dead for anyone who captures the highest ranking vampire. The vampires promise immortality to whoever captures the highest ranking witch..
A year ago, Bly’s sister died. Now, she’s determined to play the Games and win in order to bring her sister back. But when her best friend, Emerson, suddenly finds himself with a death curse, Bly finds herself in an impossible situation. How can she save them both?
Review: The Revenant Games
Thanks to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for an advanced copy of The Revenant Games to review! If you like dark fantasy romance sort of like The Cruel Prince (but without the Fae), I think this will be up your alley! Especially if you like a little bit of The Hunger Games thrown in.
I’m going to put this early in the review because I thought this was a standalone. Here is your warning that it is not. This book actually ends on a pretty big cliffhanger, so it’s at least going to be a duology. At least, it better be. There’s no way the book would just end there.
At the beginning, I struggled a bit with the world building because it didn’t quite feel clear what was going on. Especially when it came to the requirement for the actual Games. As you read further, the plot starts to get clearer, but I wished that some of those details were a bit more fleshed out at the beginning.
For the most part, the characters were all pretty well developed, even if they weren’t always the most likable. There is kind of a love triangle that goes on here, though not as much drama as a Twilight love triangle. It’s more of love triangle in the sense that Bly was attracted to the same guy for a long time and isn’t necessarily ready to be attracted to someone else. Even though she is. Maybe this will play out more in another book!
All in all, if you like dark fantasy romance with detail packed worlds, this will definitely be up your alley. Check it out when it comes out in March!
3.5/5 stars