This Ravenous Fate

Loved this book! A book with queer rep, POC main character, a murder mystery, alternate history combined with vampires? I was already so on board just from the description. There were parts that made me laugh, hit me right in the heart, and some that made me roll my eyes. All in all I loved it and eagerly wait for the next book!

The narrator did a good job and I only cringed at one voice for being stereotypical (and even then the character had like two lines). People from the southern US may have more to say about the choice of accents but once I got used to them they didn't grate on me. CW for detailed descriptions of death, emotional abuse on page, AH father, racism (casual mention), grief, death of family members, unresolved trauma.

It's the first of a duology but doesn't end on a cliffhanger. It does rival Return of the King (2003) for how many endings it has though